Ezekiel 33:12-20

“Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people . . .” (v. 12). “Therefore” links the message which the Lord is about to give to Ezekiel to the messages which preceded.

In the first eleven verses of chapter 33, The Lord told Ezekiel that he (Ezekiel) was God’s chosen watchman who was to warn the house of Israel of the sword which was about to fall upon them. In…