Ezekiel, the Word for Strength, Is the Word Hazak

As you get into the exilic period, the voice really changes from woe to a voice of hope. And ezekiel kind of ushers us into a whole new prophetic day, if you will. The voices of the prophets in exile begin to take on a different tone than the prophets of the of the past. It's too late for warning, and the time for preventive repentance is long gone. When we get to zachariah, we'll deal with apocalyptic literature more in depth. Apocapocalyptic literature uses images and symbols to convey hope to their present day. So it's not big thing about what's going to happen in the end - but i think people always