Ezekiel 3:4 (YLT)

Passage

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.

Nearby Context

Ezekiel 3:2 And I open my mouth, and He causeth me to eat this roll.

Ezekiel 3:3 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Ezekiel 3:4 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.

Ezekiel 3:5 For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue <FI>art<Fi> thou sent--unto the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 3:6 not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them--they, they do hearken unto thee,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saith", "enter", "house", "israel", "thou", "hast", "spoken", and "words". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saith" and "enter", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And He saith unto me Son of..." into verse 5's "For not unto a people deep of...", so "saith" and "enter" 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 "saith" and "enter" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.