Ezekiel 3:5

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

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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 to me, Son of man, depart, go to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.

6Not to many people of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened to thee.

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Cross References

Psalms 81:5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

Isaiah 33:19Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

Ezekiel 43:5So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.

Jonah 3:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching that 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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