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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Ezekiel 24:26

on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ezekiel;   Instruction;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hapax Legomena;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
On that day a fugitive will come to you and report the news.
Hebrew Names Version
that in that day he who escapes shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?
King James Version
That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
English Standard Version
on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news.
New American Standard Bible
that on that day the one who escapes will come to you with information for your ears?
New Century Version
At that time a person who escapes will come to you with information for you to hear.
Amplified Bible
that on that day a survivor will come to you to let you hear [of the destruction of Jerusalem] with your [own] ears.
World English Bible
that in that day he who escapes shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?
Geneva Bible (1587)
That he that escapeth in that day, shal come vnto thee to tell thee that which hee hath heard with his eares?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
that on that day he who escapes will come to you with information for your ears?
Legacy Standard Bible
that on that day he who escapes will come to you with a report for your ears?
Contemporary English Version
On that same day, someone will escape from the city and come to tell you what has happened.
Complete Jewish Bible
on that day a fugitive will come and bring you the news;
Darby Translation
that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee, to cause [thine] ears to hear [it]?
George Lamsa Translation
On that day a survivor shall come to you and cause you to hear it with your ears;
Good News Translation
On the day that I do this, some who escape the destruction will come and tell you about it.
Lexham English Bible
on that day a survivor will come to you with the news.
Literal Translation
He will come in that day, he who escaped to you, to cause you to hear with your ears.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The shall there one escape, and come vnto the, for to shewe the.
American Standard Version
that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
Bible in Basic English
In that day, one who has got away safe will come to you to give you news of it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
King James Version (1611)
That he that escapeth in that day, shall come vnto thee, to cause thee to heare it with thine eares?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In that day shall come one that is escaped, vnto thee, [ and bring it] to the hearing of [thyne] eares?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that in that day he that escapes shall come to thee, to tell it thee in thine ears?
English Revised Version
that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
in that dai whanne a man fleynge schal come to thee, to telle to thee;
Update Bible Version
that in that day he that escapes shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?
Webster's Bible Translation
[That] he that escapeth in that day shall come to thee, to cause [thee] to hear [it] with [thy] ears?
New English Translation
On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news.
New King James Version
on that day one who escapes will come to you to let you hear it with your ears;
New Living Translation
And on that day a survivor from Jerusalem will come to you in Babylon and tell you what has happened.
New Life Bible
On that day, one who gets away will come to you with the news.
New Revised Standard
on that day, one who has escaped will come to you to report to you the news.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
That in that day, one that hath escaped shall come in unto thee, - to cause thee to hear it with thine own ears?
Douay-Rheims Bible
In that day when he that escapeth shall come to thee, to tell thee:
Revised Standard Version
on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news.
Young's Literal Translation
In that day come doth the escaped one to thee. To cause the ears to hear.

Contextual Overview

15Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 16"Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not lament or weep or let your tears flow. 17Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners." 18So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded. 19Then the people asked me, "Won't you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?" 20So I answered them, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying: 21Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword. 22Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners. 23Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins and groan among yourselves. 24Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 33:21, Ezekiel 33:22, 1 Samuel 4:12-18, Job 1:15-19

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 1:2 - that had escaped

Cross-References

Genesis 22:5
"Stay here with the donkey," Abraham told his servants. "The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you."
Genesis 24:48
Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I praised the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.
Genesis 24:52
When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
Exodus 4:31
and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
Exodus 12:27
you are to reply, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.'" Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
Exodus 34:8
Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
1 Chronicles 29:20
Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise the LORD your God." So the whole assembly praised the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
2 Chronicles 20:18
Then Jehoshaphat bowed with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.
2 Chronicles 29:30
Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.
Nehemiah 8:6
Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, "Amen, Amen!" Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee,.... That is, that one that should escape the hands of the Chaldeans, when the city should be taken, should directly make the best of his way to the prophet:

to cause thee to hear it with thine ears; all the particulars of the destruction of the city and temple, as it had been represented to him in vision; when he would see the exact agreement between prophecy and facts; see Ezekiel 33:21.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The death of Ezekiel’s wife took place in the evening of the same day that he delivered the foregoing prophecy. This event was to signify to the people that the Lord would take from them all that was most dear to them; and - owing to the extraordinary nature of the times - quiet lamentation for the dead, according to the usual forms of mourning, would be impossible.

Ezekiel 24:17

The priest in general was to mourn for his dead (Leviticus 21:1 ff); but Ezekiel was to be an exception to the rule. The “tire” was the priest’s mitre.

Eat not the bread of men - Food supplied for the comfort of the mourners.

Ezekiel 24:23

Pine away - Compare Leviticus 26:39. The outward signs of grief were a certain consolation. Their absence would indicate a heart-consuming sorrow.

Ezekiel 24:27

Ezekiel had been employed four years in foretelling the calamities about to come to pass. He had been utterly disregarded by the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and received with apparent respect but with real incredulity by those in exile. Now until the city had been actually taken, the voice of prophecy should cease, so far as God’s people were concerned. Hence the intervening series of predictions relating to neighboring and foreign nations Ezek. 25–32. After which the prophet’s voice was again heard addressing his countrymen in their exile. This accounts for the apparently parenthetical character of the next eight chapters.


 
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