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Ezekiel 3:6

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

I'm not sending you to people who speak a completely different language that you can't even understand. Honestly, if I had sent you to them, they probably would have actually listened to you.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the people closest to you are the hardest ones to reach.

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