On the day I destroy everything, a man will escape. He will come and tell you the news.

那日逃脱的人岂不来到你这里，使你耳闻这事吗？

逃脱的人岂不来到你这里，使你耳闻这事吗？

逃脱的人岂不来到你这里，使你耳闻这事吗？

那日，幸存的人必来告诉你这个消息。

岂没有逃脱的人来到你那里，使你听见这事吗？

那日逃脫的人豈不來到你這裏，使你耳聞這事嗎？

逃脫的人豈不來到你這裏，使你耳聞這事嗎？

逃脫的人豈不來到你這裏，使你耳聞這事嗎？

那日，倖存的人必來告訴你這個消息。

豈沒有逃脫的人來到你那裡，使你聽見這事嗎？

就在那日、當逃脫的人來到你這裏，使你耳聞這事的時候，

是日得脫者、豈不詣爾、俾爾聞之乎、

浸假有人得免於難、至於爾前。以此相告。

當是日必有脫逃之人、至於爾以西結前、使爾耳聞斯事、

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

on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news.

And on that day a survivor from Jerusalem will come to you in Babylon and tell you what has happened.

On that day a fugitive will come to you and report the news.

that on that day the one who escapes will come to you with information for your ears?

that on that day one who escapes will come to you to let you hear it with your ears?

that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?

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

[ That] he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause[ thee] to hear[ it] with[ thine] ears?

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

that in that day he who escapes will come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?

Then the Sabeans attacked us and carried off the animals. They killed some of the servants with their swords. I’m the only one who has escaped to tell you!”While he was still speaking, a second messenger came. He said,“ God sent lightning from the sky. It struck the sheep and killed them. It burned up some of the servants. I’m the only one who has escaped to tell you!”While he was still speaking, a third messenger came. He said,“ The Chaldeans separated themselves into three groups. They attacked your camels and carried them off. They killed the rest of the servants with their swords. I’m the only one who has escaped to tell you!”While he was still speaking, a fourth messenger came. He said,“ Your sons and daughters were at their oldest brother’s house. They were enjoying good food and drinking wine.Suddenly a strong wind blew in from the desert. It struck the four corners of the house. The house fell down on your children. Now all of them are dead. I’m the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

It was the 12th year since we had been brought to Babylon as prisoners. On the fifth day of the tenth month, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to bring me a report. He said,“ The city has fallen!”The evening before the man arrived, the power of the Lord came on me. He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened. I was no longer silent.

That same day a man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the front lines of the battle. He went to Shiloh. His clothes were torn. He had dust on his head.When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair. He was by the side of the road. He was watching because his heart was really concerned about the ark of God. The man entered the town and told everyone what had happened. Then the whole town cried out.Eli heard the people crying out. He asked,“ What’s the meaning of all this noise?” The man hurried over to Eli.Eli was 98 years old. His eyes were so bad he couldn’t see.The man told Eli,“ I’ve just come from the front lines of the battle. I just ran away from there today.” Eli asked,“ What happened, son?”The man who brought the news replied,“ Israel ran away from the Philistines. Large numbers of men in the army were wounded or killed. Your two sons Hophni and Phinehas are also dead. And the ark of God has been captured.”When the man spoke about the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair. He had been sitting by the side of the gate. When he fell, he broke his neck and died. He was old and fat. He had led Israel for 40 years.