Ezekiel 3:4

Ezekiel 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
• New International Version (NIV)He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.

Context of Ezekiel 3:4

2So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat. 3He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I’m giving you, and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. He said to me, “Son of man, go to the people of Israel, and speak my words to them. 5I am not sending you to people whose language is hard to understand or difficult to speak. I am sending you to Israel. 6I am not sending you to nations whose language is hard to understand, difficult to speak, or whose words you cannot understand. If I send you to those nations, they will certainly listen to you.

Ezekiel 3:4 word by word

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלָ֑י בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם לֶךְ־בֹּא֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ בִדְבָרַ֖י אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto me, Sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• getבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• thee unto the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with my wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for Ezekiel 3:4

• Ezekiel 3:11Go to the exiles, to your people. Whether they listen or not, tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says.’ ”
• Ezekiel 2:3He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They are people from a nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have rebelled against me to this day.
• Matthew 10:5Jesus sent these twelve out with the following instructions: “Don’t go among people who are not Jewish or into any Samaritan city.
• Matthew 15:24Jesus responded, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.”
• Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes to you. Then you will be my witnesses to testify about me in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 3:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7Ezekiel was sent to the people of Israel, who were expected to eagerly listen to the Lord. However, it would have been easier for the prophet if he had been sent to people with a strange and difficult language who could not understand him. This stubborn community refused to obey the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. eat ... and ... speak--God's messenger must first inwardly appropriate God's truth himself, before he "speaks" it to others (see on Eze 2:8). Symbolic actions were, when possible and proper, performed outwardly; otherwise, internally and in spiritual vision, the action so narrated making the naked statement more intuitive and impressive by presenting the subject in a concentrated, embodied form.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 3:4

• Impenitence
• Minister, Christian

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Son of man
• Hard
• Living creatures
• Warning
• Agabus
• Creature
• Revelation

Commentaries on Ezekiel 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings