Ezekiel 3:5

For not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue, art thou sent —[but] unto the house of Israel:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4Then said he unto me,— Son of man Go get thee unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak with my words, unto them.

6not unto many peoples deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou couldst not understand,—surely if unto them I had sent thee, they would have hearkened unto thee.

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Cross References

Psalms 81:5A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear;

Isaiah 33:19The fierce people, shalt thou not see,—The people of too deep a lip to be understood, of too barbarous a tongue for thee to comprehend.

Ezekiel 43:5So then the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court,—and lo! the glory of Yahweh filled the house.

Jonah 3:2Arise, get thee unto Nineveh, the great city,—and cry against it the cry that I am bidding 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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