Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 3:5
A church father on this verse
“(V. 5) And he said to me: Son of man, go and enter (in Vulg. there is no 'and enter') the house of Israel, and speak my words to them. It is said to him: Go and enter the house of Israel, it is shown that he was not with the sinful people; although he seemed to dwell in the same place along the banks of the river Cheb…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5For thou art not sent to a people of hard speech, but to the house of Israel;
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3thy mouth shall eat, and thy belly shall be filled with this volume that is given to thee. So I ate it; and it was in my mouth as sweet honey.
4And he said to me, Son of man, go thy way, and go in to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.
— Ezekiel 3:5 —
6neither to many nations of other speech and other tongues, nor of harsh language, whose words thou wouldest not understand: although if I had sent thee to such, they would have hearkened to thee.
7But the house of Israel will not be willing to hearken to thee; for they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are stubborn and hard-hearted.