Verse 6

Ezekiel 3:6

GOD'S WORD Translation

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6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

Original Language Text

hebrew

לֹ֣א אֶל עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֗ים עִמְקֵ֤י שָׂפָה֙ וְ/כִבְדֵ֣י לָשׁ֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא תִשְׁמַ֖ע דִּבְרֵי/הֶ֑ם אִם לֹ֤א אֲלֵי/הֶם֙ שְׁלַחְתִּ֔י/ךָ הֵ֖מָּה יִשְׁמְע֥וּ אֵלֶֽי/ךָ

English Translation

I did not send you to a people of deep speech and heavy language, whose words you do not understand; if not to them, I have sent you; they will listen to you.

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Chapter 3 Context

1 He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel... Focus ↗

2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll. Focus ↗

3 He said to me, “Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I gi... Focus ↗

4 He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them. Focus ↗

5 For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Isr... Focus ↗

6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Su...

7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of... Focus ↗

8 Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their forehea... Focus ↗

9 I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be disma... Focus ↗

10 Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, receive in your heart and hear with your ears all my words that... Focus ↗

11 Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘Thus... Focus ↗

12 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, “Blessed b... Focus ↗

13 I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of... Focus ↗

14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; an... Focus ↗

15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they... Focus ↗

16 At the end of seven days, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, Focus ↗

17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mout... Focus ↗

18 When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wi... Focus ↗

19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he wil... Focus ↗

20 “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbli... Focus ↗

21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he will... Focus ↗

22 Yahweh’s hand was there on me; and he said to me, “Arise, go out into the plain, and I will talk wit... Focus ↗

23 Then I arose, and went out into the plain, and behold, Yahweh’s glory stood there, like the glory wh... Focus ↗

24 Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet. He spoke with me, and said to me, “Go, shut... Focus ↗

25 But you, son of man, behold, they will put ropes on you, and will bind you with them, and you will n... Focus ↗

26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you will be mute, and will not be able... Focus ↗

27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahw... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: Chapter 3 (27 verses)
Version: GOD'S WORD Translation

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