Verse 26

On that day, a fugitive will come to you to report the news to your ears.

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  • Job 1:15-19 : 15 when the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.' 16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.' 17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties, swept down on the camels, and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.' 18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, 'Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine at the home of their oldest brother, 19 when suddenly a mighty wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them, and they are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.'
  • Ezek 33:21-22 : 21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, 'The city has fallen!' 22 Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came, and He opened my mouth. So, when the fugitive arrived in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer silent.
  • 1 Sam 4:12-18 : 12 A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that same day, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. 13 When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the side of the road, watching, for his heart trembled for the Ark of God. When the man entered the city to report the news, the entire city cried out. 14 Eli heard the sound of the outcry and said, 'What is the meaning of this uproar?' Then the man hurried over to Eli and told him the news. 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed, so he could not see. 16 The man said to Eli, 'I have come from the battle; I fled from the battlefield today.' Eli asked, 'What happened, my son?' 17 The messenger answered, 'Israel has fled before the Philistines, there has been a great slaughter among the people, your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the Ark of God has been captured.' 18 When he mentioned the Ark of God, Eli fell backward off his seat by the gate. His neck was broken, and he died, for he was an old and heavy man. He had judged Israel for forty years.