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Ezekiel 3:6
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Ezekiel 3:6
New English Translation
6 not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand.[a] Surely if[b] I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!
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- Ezekiel 3:6 tn Heb “hear.”
- Ezekiel 3:6 tc The MT reads: “if not,” but most ancient versions translate only “if.” The expression occurs with this sense in Isa 5:9 and 14:24. See also Ezek 34:8; 36:5; 38:19.
Ezekiel 3:7
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Ezekiel 3:7
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7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you,[a] because they are not willing to listen to me,[b] for the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted.[c]
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- Ezekiel 3:7 sn Moses (Exod 3:19) and Isaiah (Isa 6:9-10) were also told that their messages would not be received.
- Ezekiel 3:7 sn A similar description of Israel’s disobedience is given in 1 Sam 8:7.
- Ezekiel 3:7 tn Heb “hard of forehead and stiff of heart.”
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