17 “Now as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Say to every [a]kind of (A)bird and to every (B)animal of the field: “Assemble and come, gather from every direction to My sacrifice, which I am going to (C)sacrifice for you as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel; and you will eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You will (D)eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the leaders of the earth, as though they were (E)rams, lambs, goats, and (F)bulls, all of them fattened livestock of (G)Bashan. 19 So you will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 You will eat your fill at My table with (H)horses and charioteers, with warriors and all the men of war,” declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:17 Lit wing

17 “As for you, son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: ‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter[a] that I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You will eat the flesh of warriors[b] and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan. 19 You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk[c] at my slaughter[d] that I have made for you. 20 You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers,[e] with warriors and all the soldiers,’ declares the Sovereign Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:17 tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).
  2. Ezekiel 39:18 sn See Rev 19:17-18.
  3. Ezekiel 39:19 sn Eating the fat and drinking blood were God’s exclusive rights in Israelite sacrifices (Lev 3:17).
  4. Ezekiel 39:19 tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).
  5. Ezekiel 39:20 tn Heb “chariots.”