King James Version
Ezekiel 3:4 in the King James Version says “And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.”
Ezekiel 3:4 · KJV
So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; of a: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of tongue
Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. of a: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of language Surely: or, If I had sent thee, etc. would they not have hearkened unto thee?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto me Son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“thee unto the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“and speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“with my words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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