The tone of Ezekiel changes from chapter 24 to 25. In the first 24 chapters he joins Jeremiah in warning the Israelites that if they don’t change they will get kicked out of Jerusalem. Then in the second half of the book he offers words of encouragement to them. We are like the Israelites in that we also need both. We need to be challenged towards change - this is the way God shapes and molds our character. But we also need encouragement to inspire us through the difficult task of change.