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Ezekiel 3:5

Ezekiel 3:5
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech,.... "Deep of lip" (g), or "speech"; difficult to be got at and…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech - I neither send thee to thy adversaries, the Chaldeans, nor to the…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 3:1-15

These verses are fitly joined by some translators to the foregoing chapter, as being of a piece with it and a…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

a strange speech lit. deep of lip(or speech) and heavy of tongue. The former expression perhaps refers to the…

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