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Ezekiel 3:4

Then he said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Impenitence;   Minister, Christian;   Thompson Chain Reference - Leaders;   Ministers;   Religious;   Responsibility;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rebellion against God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Prophecy, prophet;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Roll;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Revelation;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He said to me, Son of man, go, get you to the house of Yisra'el, and speak with my words to them.
King James Version
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
English Standard Version
And he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them.
New American Standard Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.
New Century Version
Then he said to me, "Human, go to the people of Israel, and speak my words to them.
Amplified Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
World English Bible
He said to me, Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, goe, and enter into the house of Israel, and declare them my wordes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, go now, come to the house of Israel, and you shall speak with My words to them.
Berean Standard Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said: Ezekiel, I am sending you to your own people.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Human being," he said to me, "go to the house of Isra'el, and speak my words to them.
Darby Translation
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then God said to me, "Son of man, go to the family of Israel. Speak my words to them.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to me, Son of man, go to them of the captivity, to the children of Israel, and speak my words to them.
Good News Translation
Then God said, "Mortal man, go to the people of Israel and say to them whatever I tell you to say.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to me, "Son of man, come! Go to the house of Israel, and you must speak to them with my words.
Literal Translation
And He said to me, Son of man, Go! Come to the house of Israel and speak with My Words to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto me: thou sonne of ma, get the soone vnto the house off Israel, ad shewe the ye wordes, that I comaunde the:
American Standard Version
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And He said unto me: 'Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with My words unto them.
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto me, Sonne of man, goe, get thee vnto the house of Israel, and speake with my words vnto them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he saide vnto me, Thou sonne of man, go, get thee vnto the house of Israel, and declare my wordes vnto them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to me, Son of man, go thy way, and go in to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.
English Revised Version
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to me, Sone of man, go thou to the hous of Israel, and thou schalt speke my wordis to hem.
Update Bible Version
And he said to me, Son of man, go, get to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to me, Son of man, depart, go to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.
New English Translation
He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.
New King James Version
Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.
New Living Translation
Then he said, "Son of man, go to the people of Israel and give them my messages.
New Life Bible
Then He said to me, "Son of man, go to the people of Israel, and speak My words to them.
New Revised Standard
He said to me: Mortal, go to the house of Israel and speak my very words to them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said he unto me, - Son of man Go get thee unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak with my words, unto them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak my words to them.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to me, "Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.
Young's Literal Translation
And He saith unto me, `Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.
THE MESSAGE
Then he told me, "Son of man, go to the family of Israel and speak my Message. Look, I'm not sending you to a people who speak a hard-to-learn language with words you can hardly pronounce. If I had sent you to such people, their ears would have perked up and they would have listened immediately.

Contextual Overview

1He said to me: “Son of man, eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.” 2So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll. 3“Son of man,” he said to me, “feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. 4Then he said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them. 5For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or a difficult language but to the house of Israel— 6not to the many peoples of unintelligible speech or a difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. No doubt, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you. 7But the house of Israel will not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to me. For the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted. 8Look, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. 9I have made your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them or discouraged by the look on their faces, though they are a rebellious house.” 10Next he said to me: “Son of man, listen carefully to all my words that I speak to you and take them to heart.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 3:11, Ezekiel 2:3, Ezekiel 2:7, Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:6, Matthew 15:24, Acts 1:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:1 - in Isaiah 48:4 - obstinate Jeremiah 7:27 - hearken Ezekiel 2:1 - Son Ezekiel 11:25 - General Ezekiel 14:4 - speak Ezekiel 20:27 - speak

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”
Deuteronomy 29:19
When someone hears the words of this oath, he may consider himself exempt, thinking, ‘I will have peace even though I follow my own stubborn heart.’ This will lead to the destruction of the well-watered land as well as the dry land.
2 Kings 1:4
Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You will not get up from your sickbed; you will certainly die.’” Then Elijah left.
2 Kings 1:6
They replied, “A man came to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and declare to him: This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you’re sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not get up from your sickbed; you will certainly die.’”
2 Kings 1:16
Then Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel for you to inquire of his will?—you will not get up from your sickbed; you will certainly die.’”
2 Kings 8:10
Elisha told him, “Go say to him, ‘You are sure to recover.’ But the Lord has shown me that he is sure to die.”
Psalms 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten;he hides his face and will never see.”
2 Corinthians 2:11
so that we may not be taken advantage of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto me, son of man, go,.... After he had eaten the roll; for then was he qualified to prophesy:

get thee unto the house of Israel; to whom he was to prophesy:

and speak with my words unto them: not with his own words; nor with the words of men, the enticing words of man's wisdom; but with the words of Christ; with the taught words of the Holy Ghost; with what is written in the roll; the words of this prophecy are meant. So the Targum,

"and thou shalt prophesy the words of my prophecy unto them;''

in like manner John after he had eaten the little book, is told that he must prophesy before many people, nations, tongues, and kings,

Revelation 10:9; though Ezekiel was only sent to one nation, as follows:


 
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