on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news.
Parallel translations
- WEB that in that day he who escapes shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?
- KJV That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
- NKJV that on that day one who escapes will come to you to let you hear it with your ears?
- NASB that on that day the one who escapes will come to you with information for your ears?
- NLT And on that day a survivor from Jerusalem will come to you in Babylon and tell you what has happened.
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Quick answer
On that day a survivor will escape and come to report the news to Ezekiel. The arrival of this messenger will confirm the prophecy's fulfillment.
Overview
God foretells that 'he who escapes' from fallen Jerusalem will reach Ezekiel in exile with the report. This fugitive's coming marks the transition from foretelling to fulfillment. It also signals the lifting of a restraint on the prophet, prepared in the next verse, showing God's precise orchestration of events.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Job 1:15–19the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Ezek 33:21–22In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
- 1 Sam 4:12–18That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
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