Bible Strands
Ezekiel 24:26
on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Ezekiel to the prophet concerning the imminent fall of Jerusalem. This declaration follows the sign-act of mourning and precedes the prophetic announcement of the city's destruction.
The words — The text records הַפָּלִיט (ha-palîṭ), meaning a fugitive or escapee, arriving to deliver a report. It pairs with לַהַשְׁמָעוּת אָזְנַיִם (la-hashmāʿûṯ ʾāzənayim), literally "for the hearing of ears," stressing the urgent transmission of the news.
The thread — A survivor's arrival to announce catastrophe appears in Job 1:15; 1 Samuel 4:12; and Ezekiel 33:21. These passages establish a consistent biblical pattern where a fugitive's report confirms the execution of divine judgment.
Why it lands — The text states that the prophet's enforced silence will end precisely when the reported destruction occurs. Readers must acknowledge that God's warnings will be validated by historical events and the testimony of those who witness them.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
Cross-references
- Job 1:15 the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Ezekiel 33:21 In 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 Samuel 4:12 That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.