From: Ezekiel 33:7-9
Ezekiel, the peoples watchman
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Commentary:
33:1-9. In this new account of his calling, Ezekiel uses the watchman metaphor
to explain his role as a prophet. ln chapter 3 (3:16-21) his duty to counsel his
hearers was stressed; now he develops the metaphor of the watchman in a time
of war (vv. 2-6), underlining that it is a heavy and far-reaching responsibility. In
this new stage it is only the wicked that the prophet will have to admonish (vv.
7-9); seemingly, the just, who, along with the impious, received a warning in the
oracle of chapter 3 and who are not mentioned here, will never again stray from
their path.
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Source: “The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries”. Biblical text from the
Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries by members of
the Faculty of Theology, University of Navarre, Spain.
Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland, and
by Scepter Publishers in the United States.