For the last couple of years, this passage (along with the verses prior to them, describing the condition of the land) keep coming to me.
I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one. So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. Ezekiel 22:30-31
HR, that is an excellent reference—thank you.
Reminds me of the passage in Jeremiah, where the role of the watchman is described, and how the blood of innocents is upon his head if he fails to raise the alarm.
To me, the sirens are wailing all over the land, and they are a call to action.
Before action, prayer must be the foundation.
Thanks for your post.