For (A)you are not being sent to a people of [a](B)unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel, nor to many peoples of [b]unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. [c]But I have sent you to them [d]who should listen to you; yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are (C)not willing to listen to Me. Surely the whole house of Israel is [e]stubborn and obstinate.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 3:5 Lit deepness of lip and heaviness of tongue
  2. Ezekiel 3:6 Lit deepness of lip and heaviness of tongue
  3. Ezekiel 3:6 Or If I had sent you to them, they would listen to you
  4. Ezekiel 3:6 Lit they
  5. Ezekiel 3:7 Lit of a hard forehead and a stiff heart

You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language,(A) but to the people of Israel— not 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.(B) But the people of Israel are not willing to listen(C) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.(D)

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