Old Testament Word & Image: Ezekiel 33:7-9 and the Watchtowers along the Great Wall of China

Watchtower at Simatai, Great Wall of China

Ezekiel 33:7-9

“So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. 


Two watchtowers of the Great wall of China

When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 

Watchtower at Great Wall of China in the Badaling region

Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

The Great Wall of China watchtowers at Jiankou