The word of the Lord came to me: 'Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one of their own and make him their watchman, establishing the fundamental metaphor for prophetic responsibility after Jerusalem's fall: the watchman who guards the city and sounds alarm at danger. The watchman's role represents the prophet's function of warning and intercession.

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