“So,
You!
Son of man!
I have made
A sentinel
For the house of Israel.
Whenever you hear
A word
From my mouth,
You shall give them
Warning
From me.”
Yahweh has appointed Ezekiel to be the sentinel for the house of Israel. Whenever Yahweh told him anything directly from him, he was to give this warning to the people from Yahweh. The difficulty was that he was already exiled in Babylon, and not in Israel.
