Ezekiel 3:6
Good News Translation
If I sent you to great nations that spoke difficult languages you didn't understand, they would listen to you.

New Revised Standard Version
not to many peoples of obscure speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

New American Bible
Nor to many nations of obscure speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. For if I were to send you to these, they would listen to you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Surely, etc.

Jonah 3:5-10 And Jonah began to enter into the city one day's journey: and he cried and said: Yet forty days and Ninive shall be destroyed. . . .

Matthew 11:20-24 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance. . . .

Matthew 12:41,42 The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here. . . .

Luke 11:20,32 But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you. . . .

Acts 27:28 Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a little further, they found fifteen fathoms.

Romans 9:30-33 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles who followed not after justice have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith. . . .

Context
Ezekiel Eats the Scroll
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.7But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee: because they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and an obstinate heart.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:5
For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech, and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:

Ezekiel 3:7
But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee: because they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are of a hard forehead and an obstinate heart.

Ezekiel 3:5
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