Yehezkel 24-25

Perek 24 includes two prophecies. The first, the prophecy of the pot and the meat, is said by Yechezkel on the tenth of Tevet- the beginning of the Babylonian siege on Jerusalem. In this prophecy, the walls of the city become a death trap for the inhabitants (1-14). The second prophecy tells of the death of Yechezkel's wife, which is symbolic of the destruction of the Temple. The prohibition to mourn her teaches us of the nation's reaction to the destruction (15-27). The first section of the book of Yechezkel closes with perek 24, and the two prophecies which are included in it symbolize the impending fulfillment of the prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem.

Perek 25 opens a unit of prophecies about the nations, which concludes in perek 32. This unit divides between the prophecies of doom which were said before the destruction and the prophecies of redemption which come afterwards. In perek 25 Yechezkel prophesies about Ammon, Moav, Edom and the Philistines who rejoiced over the distress of Israel during the destruction.