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Complete Jewish Bible

Ezekiel 24:26

on that day a fugitive will come and bring 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?
Berean Standard Bible
on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news.
Contemporary English Version
On that same day, someone will escape from the city and come to tell you what has happened.
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

15 The word of Adonai came to me: 16 "Human being, with a single blow I am about to deprive you of the delight of your eyes. But you are not to lament, weep or let your tears run down. 17 Sigh silently, don't observe mourning for the dead, bind your turban on your head, put your sandals on your feet, don't cover your upper lip, and don't eat the food people prepare for mourners." 18 I spoke to the people in the morning, and that evening my wife died. So I did the following morning as I had been ordered. 19 The people asked me, "Won't you tell us what these actions of yours mean for us?" 20 I answered them, "The word of Adonai came to me, telling me 21 to speak to the house of Isra'el and say that this is what Adonai Elohim says: ‘I am about to profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes and your heart's desire. Your sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword. 22 But you are to do as I have done — not cover your upper lips, not eat the food people prepare for mourners, 23 put your turbans on your heads and your sandals on your feet, and neither observe mourning nor cry. Rather, because of your crimes you will pine away and groan to one another. 24 Thus Yechezk'el will be a sign for you; you will do just what he has done; and when this happens, you will know that I am Adonai Elohim .'

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
Avraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go there, worship and return to you."
Genesis 24:48
bowed my head, prostrated myself before Adonai and blessed Adonai , God of my master Avraham, for having led me in the right way to obtain my master's brother's [grand]daughter for his son.
Genesis 24:52
When Avraham's servant heard what they said, he prostrated himself on the ground to Adonai .
Exodus 4:31
The people believed; when they heard that Adonai had remembered the people of Isra'el and seen how they were oppressed, they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Exodus 12:27
say, ‘It is the sacrifice of Adonai 's Pesach [Passover], because [ Adonai ] passed over the houses of the people of Isra'el in Egypt, when he killed the Egyptians but spared our houses.'" The people of Isra'el bowed their heads and worshipped.
Exodus 34:8
At once Moshe bowed his head to the ground, prostrated himself
1 Chronicles 29:20
Then David said to all the community, "Now bless Adonai your God." All the community blessed Adonai , the God of their ancestors, bowing their heads and prostrating themselves before Adonai and before the king.
2 Chronicles 20:18
Y'hoshafat bowed his head with his face to the ground; while all Y'hudah and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim fell down before Adonai , worshipping Adonai ;
2 Chronicles 29:30
Then Hizkiyahu the king and the leaders ordered the L'vi'im to sing praises to Adonai , using the words of David and of Asaf the seer. They sang praises until they were filled with joy, and they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.
Nehemiah 8:6
‘Ezra blessed Adonai , the great God; and all the people answered, "Amen! Amen!" as they lifted up their hands, bowed their heads and fell prostrate before Adonai 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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