Ezekiel 3:5

For thou art not sent to a people of an vnknowen tongue, or of an hard language, but to the house of Israel,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

In Context

4And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, goe, and enter into the house of Israel, and declare them my wordes.

6Not to many people of an vnknowen tongue, or of an harde language, whose wordes thou canst not vnderstand: yet if I should sende thee to them, they would obey thee.

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Cross References

Psalms 81:5Hee set this in Ioseph for a testimonie, when hee came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a language, that I vnderstoode not.

Isaiah 33:19Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a darke speache, that thou canst not perceiue, and of a stammering tongue that thou canst not vnderstande.

Ezekiel 43:5So the Spirite tooke me vp and brought me into the inner court, and beholde, the glorie of the Lord filled the house.

Jonah 3:2Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, and preach vnto it the preaching, which I bid thee.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:2-16

The Prophet Ordered to Eat the Roll; Instructions Given to the Prophet; The Prophet's Instructions; Ezekiel's Reluctance to Be a Reprover. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. 2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. 4 And he… Read the whole commentary →

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