Ezekiel 3:4-6

New American Standard Bible

⁴Then He said to me, “Son of man, ^[a]go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. ⁵For ^(A)you are not being sent to a people of ^[b]^(B)unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel, ⁶nor to many peoples of ^[c]unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. ^[d]But I have sent you to ^[e]the people who understand you;

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 3:4 Lit go, come
Ezekiel 3:5 Lit deep lip and heavy tongue
Ezekiel 3:6 Lit deep lip and heavy tongue
Ezekiel 3:6 Or I certainly have sent
Ezekiel 3:6 Lit them, they understand

Ezekiel 3:4-6

English Standard Version

⁴And he said to me, ^(A)“Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them. ⁵For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and a hard language, but to the house of Israel— ⁶not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. ^(B)Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you.

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Ezekiel 3:4-6

New International Version

⁴He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them.^(A) ⁵You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language,^(B) but to the people of Israel— ⁶not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.^(C)