Ezekiel 3:6
“not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.”
What does Ezekiel 3:6 mean?
God is reassuring Ezekiel that his job as a prophet isn't impossibly difficult. The context shows God had just told Ezekiel he was being sent to deliver hard messages to rebellious Israel, and here God seems to be saying: look, at least you speak your own language and know your own people. You're not being sent to foreigners whose words you can't even understand (though elsewhere in Scripture, God does sometimes do this with other prophets). The deeper point is that God removes certain obstacles when he calls someone to a difficult task. Ezekiel doesn't need to worry about language barriers keeping people from hearing him, because his real problem isn't communication—it's that people simply won't want to listen. God is being honest about what Ezekiel will face, but also saying that the barrier isn't going to be mutual incomprehension. Sometimes God's assurance comes not in removing every hardship, but in confirming that we're not being set up for impossible odds.