Ezekiel 3:4

4 He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them.

Ezekiel 3:4 in Other Translations

4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

4 And he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them.

4 Then he said, “Son of man, go to the people of Israel and give them my messages.

4 Then he told me, "Son of man, go to the family of Israel and speak my Message.

4 Then He said to me: "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.

Ezekiel 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 3:4

And he said unto me, son of man, go
After he had eaten the roll; for then was he qualified to prophesy: get thee unto the house of Israel;
to whom he was to prophesy: and speak with my words unto them:
not with his own words; nor with the words of men, the enticing words of man's wisdom; but with the words of Christ; with the taught words of the Holy Ghost; with what is written in the roll; the words of this prophecy are meant. So the Targum,

``and thou shalt prophesy the words of my prophecy unto them;''

in like manner John after he had eaten the little book, is told that he must prophesy before many people, nations, tongues, and kings, ( Revelation 10:9-11 ) ; though Ezekiel was only sent to one nation, as follows:

Ezekiel 3:4 In-Context

2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.

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 it, and it tasted as sweet as honey 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.

5 You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language, but to the people of Israel—

6 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.

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 11:4,25