“As for you!

Son of man!

Your people

Who talk together

About you

By the walls,

Or at the doors

Of the houses,

Say to one another,

Each to a neighbor.

‘Come!

Hear

What the word is

That comes

From Yahweh.’”

Ezekiel, the son of man, will have a new position as the mouthpiece of Yahweh. The people who talked by the walls in the public areas and those who talked at the doors to their houses in a semi-private area, would both say to each other that they need to hear the word of God. They would come to Ezekiel to hear Yahweh’s word for them.