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English Standard Version

Ezekiel 3:4

And he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with 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

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

1 And he said to me, "Son of man, eat whatever you find here. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat. 3 And he said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it." Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey. 4 And he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and a hard language, but to the house of Israel— 6 not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. 8 Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. 9 Like emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house." 10 Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.

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
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
Deuteronomy 29:19
one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.
2 Kings 1:4
Now therefore thus says the Lord , You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.'" So Elijah went.
2 Kings 1:6
And they said to him, "There came a man to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the Lord , Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.'"
2 Kings 1:16
and said to him, "Thus says the Lord , ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word?—therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.'"
2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover,' but the Lord has shown me that he shall certainly die."
Psalms 10:11
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."
2 Corinthians 2:11
so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14
and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

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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