Verse 5

Ezekiel 3:5

Bible in Basic English

5 For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּ֡י לֹא֩ אֶל עַ֨ם עִמְקֵ֥י שָׂפָ֛ה וְ/כִבְדֵ֥י לָשׁ֖וֹן אַתָּ֣ה שָׁל֑וּחַ אֶל בֵּ֖ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

English Translation

For you are not sent to a people of deep speech and heavy tongue, but to the house of Israel.

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Chapter 3 Context

1 And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children... Focus ↗

2 And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food. Focus ↗

3 And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of thi... Focus ↗

4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them. Focus ↗

5 For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the childr...

6 Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not... Focus ↗

7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for al... Focus ↗

8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows. Focus ↗

9 Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome b... Focus ↗

10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, an... Focus ↗

11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say t... Focus ↗

12 Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when t... Focus ↗

13 And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the... Focus ↗

14 And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the... Focus ↗

15 Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar,... Focus ↗

16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Focus ↗

17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mou... Focus ↗

18 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and s... Focus ↗

19 But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil... Focus ↗

20 Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of fal... Focus ↗

21 But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because... Focus ↗

22 And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I... Focus ↗

23 Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had s... Focus ↗

24 Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and k... Focus ↗

25 But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among... Focus ↗

26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not m... Focus ↗

27 But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what... Focus ↗

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