And it must occur that, in case they say to you, ‘On account of what are you sighing?’ you must say, ‘At a report.’ For it will certainly come, and every heart must melt and all hands must drop down and every spirit must become dejected and all knees themselves will drip with water. ‘Look! It will certainly come and be brought to occur,’ is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.”​—Ezek. 21:6, 7.

When that report was fulfilled and news of Jerusalem’s destruction reached Babylon, the hitherto unbelieving Jewish exiles there must have given way to horrified excitement. Their knees likely dripped with more than mere sweat. Doubtless they were so weakened in spirit that the sphincter muscles of their bladders released, causing their knees to drip with urine.

The destruction to come upon Christendom soon will be even more frightening. The prophetic “report” of that calamity contained in God’s Word deeply stirs the inward feelings of Jehovah’s Christian witnesses. Their concern about the safety of fellow humans then is now motivating Jehovah’s witnesses to be diligent in proclaiming this “report” so that others might take steps to escape destruction. How are you responding to that “report”? Is it causing you to take positive action to seek God’s righteousness before he acts?