Ezekiel 33:7
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
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Gill's Exposition
So thou, O son of man,.... Here begins the application of the parable to the prophet himself, describing his office and his duty:
I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; which is…
The prophet had been, by express order from God, taken off from prophesying to the Jews, just then when the news came that Jerusalem was invested, and close siege laid to it, Eze 24:27. But now that…
Similar to the part of the watchman is that of the prophet. Cf. ch. Eze 3:17 seq. The evil, corresponding to the sword in the illustration, in regard to which the prophet is to warn the people, is…
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