Ezekiel 24 - 26

God determines to set out the punishment for the nation.  He uses a very graphic illustration of how He will treat the nation; and how the nation will respond.  Ezekiel prophesies of the nation's response in the morning and in the evening his wife dies.  His wife's death is another picture of how the nation will respond to God's judgment.  Just as Ezekiel did not weep outwardly, the nation would not be moved by the seriousness of their transgressions.

God also delivers messages of judgment to the surrounding nations, especially that of Tyre, who tried to take advantage of a weakened Israel.  God, while punishing the nation for their sin, is still jealously protective of her.