It seems that God called Ezekiel that He might explain and justity His action in allowing His children to be taken into captivity. They had been wicked and stiff-necked; they were guilty of unspeakable sin and abomination. When other nations did what Israel had done, God had wiped them out. But all of God's dealings with Israel were for correction. They should say, I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me (Psalm 119:75). He was punishing His children for their sin and was teaching them great lessons. He said a remnant would survive. They shall know that I am God was His purpose. And it is true that with all their sins, the Jews have never been idolaters since the captivity! They insisted upon it before, in spite of the warnings of God, but never after they had come out of Babylon. God set Jeremiah to be a strong tower of strength in the land of Judah. In the same way He set Ezekiel to be a tower among his own captive people by the river Chebar, in the land of the Chaldeans. He told Ezekiel that as adamant harder than flint had He made his forehead (Ezekiel 3:9). Strength characterized the ministry of the prophet whose name means "G
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