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

Other Translations of Ezekiel 3:4

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

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

The Message

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

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

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

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 3:4

Commentary on Ezekiel 3:1-11

(Read Ezekiel 3:1-11)

Ezekiel was to receive the truths of God as the food for his soul, and to feed upon them by faith, and he would be strengthened. Gracious souls can receive those truths of God with delight, which speak terror to the wicked. He must speak all that, and that only, which God spake to him. How can we better speak God's mind than with his words? If disappointed as to his people, he must not be offended. The Ninevites were wrought upon by Jonah's preaching, when Israel was unhumbled and unreformed. We must leave this unto the Divine sovereignty, and say, Lord, thy judgments are a great deep. They will not regard the word of the prophet, for they will not regard the rod of God. Christ promises to strengthen him. He must continue earnest in preaching, whatever the success might be.