Ezekiel 3:3-5
Lexham English Bible
3 and he said to me, “Son of man,[a] you must give your stomach this to eat, and you must fill your belly with this scroll that I am giving to you.” And I ate, and it became like sweet honey[b] in my mouth. 4 And he said to me, “Son of man,[c] come! Go to the house of Israel, and you must speak to them with my words. 5 For you are sent to the house of Israel, not to a people of obscure speech[d] and of a difficult language,[e]
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- Ezekiel 3:3 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 3:3 Literally “like honey for sweetness”
- Ezekiel 3:4 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 3:5 Literally “obscure of lip”
- Ezekiel 3:5 Literally “heavy/thick of tongue”
Ezekiel 3:3-5
New International Version
3 Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate(A) it, and it tasted as sweet as honey(B) in my mouth.
4 He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them.(C) 5 You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language,(D) but to the people of Israel—
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