לֹ֣א ׀ אֶל־עַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֗ים עִמְקֵ֤י שָׂפָה֙ וְכִבְדֵ֣י לָשׁ֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־תִשְׁמַ֖ע דִּבְרֵיהֶ֑ם אִם־לֹ֤א אֲלֵיהֶם֙ שְׁלַחְתִּ֔יךָ הֵ֖מָּה יִשְׁמְע֥וּ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
ניט צו פֿעלקער אַ סךמיט אַ טונקעלער שפּראַך און אַ שװערער צונג, װאָס דו פֿאַרשטײסט ניט זײערע װערטער. פֿאַר װאָר, אַז איך װאָלט דיך צו זײ געשיקט, װאָלטן זײ יאָ צוגעהערט צו דיר.
Ramban
IM LO’ (IF NOT) AS YE HAVE SPOKEN IN MINE EARS. The meaning thereof is as an expression of wonder: “Will I not do to you as ye have spoken?” Such is the way of the [Sacred] Language: [Thou art sent] not to many people of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, whose words thou canst not understand. ‘Im lo’ (would they not) have hearkened unto thee if I sent thee to them?157Ezekiel 3:5-6. Similarly, ‘im lo’ (if not) as I have thought did it come to pass?158Isaiah 14:24.