Ezekiel 3:15-17

New International Version - UK

¹⁵ I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the River Kebar. And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days – deeply distressed.

Ezekiel’s task as watchman

¹⁶ At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁷ ‘Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.