Ezekiel 33-35

Twelve years of exile were devestating to the people of God. They might have felt that as long as Jerusalem stood they could have hope. Then there was the day in the 10th month when the messanger came with the aweful news; "Jerusalem has been struck down." All hope was gone. When their lives could fall no further God showed his power. He would restore his people. But that restoration would come in his perfect time.
It took me about 14 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart