Ezekiel 3:5
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For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:

thou

Jonah 1:2 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amathi, saying:

Jonah 3:2-4 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time saying: . . .

Acts 26:17,18 Delivering thee from the people and from the nations unto which now I send thee: . . .

and so

Ezekiel 3:6 Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee.

Psalm 81:5 He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

Isaiah 33:19 The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom.

Context
Ezekiel Eats the Scroll
4And he said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak my words to them. 5For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:6Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee.…
Cross References
Acts 14:11
And when the multitudes had seen what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice in the Lycaonian tongue, saying: The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

Acts 26:17
Delivering thee from the people and from the nations unto which now I send thee:

Isaiah 28:11
For with the speech of lips, and with another tongue he will speak to this people.

Isaiah 33:19
The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom.

Ezekiel 3:4
And he said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak my words to them.

Ezekiel 3:6
Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee.

Jonah 1:2
Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amathi, saying:

Lexicon
For
כִּ֡י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you
אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are not
לֹא֩ (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

being sent
שָׁל֑וּחַ (šā·lū·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

a people
עַ֨ם (‘am)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

of unfamiliar
עִמְקֵ֥י (‘im·qê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6012: Deep, unfathomable

speech
שָׂפָ֛ה (śā·p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin

or difficult
וְכִבְדֵ֥י (wə·ḵiḇ·ḏê)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3515: Heavy

language,
לָשׁ֖וֹן (lā·šō·wn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue

but to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the house
בֵּ֖ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of Israel—
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


Additional Translations
For you are not being sent to a people of unfamiliar speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel—For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

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

For thou art not sent to a people of hard speech, but to the house of Israel;

For thou art not sent to a people of strange language, and of difficult speech, [but] to the house of Israel;

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

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

For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue art thou sent -- unto the house of Israel;
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