Ezekiel 3:4 (LSB)

Passage

Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now, come to the house of Israel, and you shall speak with My words to them.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 3:2 So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll.

Ezekiel 3:3 And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you.” Then I ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

Ezekiel 3:4 Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now, come to the house of Israel, and you shall speak with My words to them.

Ezekiel 3:5 For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible lips or a difficult tongue, but to the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 3:6 nor to many peoples of unintelligible lips or a difficult tongue, whose words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should listen to you;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "come", "house", "israel", "shall", "speak", and "words". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And He said to me Son of..." into verse 5's "For you are not being sent to...", so "said" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Ezekiel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.