Ezekiel Is Appointed As A Watchman (Ezekiel 3:16-21).
‘And it happened that at the end of seven days the word of Yahweh came to me saying.'
The ‘seven days' having passed God again came to Ezekiel with His solemn word, to remind him that he had been made a watchman to Israel (compare Habakkuk 2:1. See also Isaiah 56:10; Jeremiah 6:17; Hosea 9:8). The task of the watchman was to keep awake and give warning of approaching danger, and to act for the preservation of those over whom he watched.