John Trapp on Ezekiel 3:6

Ver. 6. Surely had I ſent unto them, they would have hearkened] Or, If I had ſent thee to them, would they not have hearkened unto thee? It may ſeem by the Ninivites, that they would, for they repented at the preaching of Jonas, Matth. 12.41. at one ſingle Sermon made by a meer ſtranger, who ſang ſo doleful a ditty to them, that their City ſhould be ſhortly deſtroyed, &c. Vatabus rendreth this text Diſpeream niſi te audiſſent, ſi ad eos te miſiſſem. And couldeſt thou but skill of forraign languages, thou couldeſt not eaſily be without Diſciples. The puniſhment of ſtrange language, Mr. Whatel. Prototyp. ſaith a grave Divine, was an heavy puniſhment; next to our caſting out of Paradiſe, and the Flood.