Ezekiel 32 & 33 – Ezekiel is reminded of his call to be a watchman. 2019

Ezek 33:2
"Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and say to them, 'If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman;

Ezek 33:3
and he sees the sword coming upon the land, and he blows on the trumpet and warns the people,

This is a reminder of the initial calling of Ezekiel.

Ezek 3:17-21 “Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. 18“When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die’; and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 19“Yet if you have warned the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself. 20“Again, when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place an obstacle before him, he shall die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21“However, if you have warned the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself.”

He was to be the watchman of Israel. A watchman was to stay in the tower at night and warn the city of coming dangers. His job was extremely important. If the watchman said everything was okay, when it really wasn't, then the city could easily be overtaken and destroyed. That is what the false prophets of Israel were saying in the day of Ezekiel. They were saying "All's well!! The economy is good. And as for Elohim, He loves us so much, He wouldn't dare destroy or harm us." Did those watchman do the people any good? No. It gave the people false hope. It swept away fears they should have had. Elohim sent Ezekiel to truly warn the Israelites that they were going to be judged and it would be terrible.
In the last chapter, we saw that Pharoah was going to be condemned. Chapter 32 is a lamentation for this lost ruler of Egypt.

Chapter 33 starts the last major division in the book of Ezekiel. Up to now, Ezekiel has been making local prophecies that were all fulfilled within a couple of decades. They were prophecies of destruction and judgment. They showed the justice and righteousness of Elohim. They spoke of death, blood, and destruction.

This section of Ezekiel looks forward to the kingdom which is still to come. It contains some judgment, but it also points to the return of Messiah. This is a section that gives Israel hope for the future.

But first Ezekiel is reminded of his call to be a watchman.