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THE MESSAGE

Ezekiel 3:4

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.

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.
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.

Contextual Overview

1 He told me, "Son of man, eat what you see. Eat this book. Then go and speak to the family of Israel." 2As I opened my mouth, he gave me the scroll to eat, saying, "Son of man, eat this book that I am giving you. Make a full meal of it!" So I ate it. It tasted so good—just like honey. 4Then 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. 7"But it won't work that way with the family of Israel. They won't listen to you because they won't listen to me. They are, as I said, a hard case, hardened in their sin. But I'll make you as hard in your way as they are in theirs. I'll make your face as hard as rock, harder than granite. Don't let them intimidate you. Don't be afraid of them, even though they're a bunch of rebels." 10Then he said, "Son of man, get all these words that I'm giving you inside you. Listen to them obediently. Make them your own. And now go. Go to the exiles, your people, and speak. Tell them, ‘This is the Message of God , the Master.' Speak your piece, whether they listen or not." 12Then the Spirit picked me up. Behind me I heard a great commotion—"Blessed be the Glory of God in his Sanctuary!"—the wings of the living creatures beating against each other, the whirling wheels, the rumble of a great earthquake. 14The Spirit lifted me and took me away. I went bitterly and angrily. I didn't want to go. But God had me in his grip. I arrived among the exiles who lived near the Kebar River at Tel Aviv. I came to where they were living and sat there for seven days, appalled.

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
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
2 Kings 1:6
They told him, "A man met us and said, ‘Turn around and go back to the king who sent you; tell him, God 's message: Is it because there's no God in Israel that you're running off to consult Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? You needn't bother. You're not going to get out of that bed you're in—you're as good as dead already.'"
2 Kings 1:16
Elijah told him, " God 's word: Because you sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron, as if there were no God in Israel to whom you could pray, you'll never get out of that bed alive—already you're as good as dead."
2 Kings 8:10
Elisha answered, "Go and tell him, ‘Don't worry; you'll live.' The fact is, though— God showed me—that he's doomed to die." Elisha then stared hard at Hazael, reading his heart. Hazael felt exposed and dropped his eyes. Then the Holy Man wept.

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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