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17 “And now, son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Call all the birds and wild animals. Say to them: Gather together for my great sacrificial feast. Come from far and near to the mountains of Israel, and there eat flesh and drink blood! 18 Eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of princes as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan! 19 Gorge yourselves with flesh until you are glutted; drink blood until you are drunk. This is the sacrificial feast I have prepared for you. 20 Feast at my banquet table—feast on horses and charioteers, on mighty men and all kinds of valiant warriors, says the Sovereign Lord.

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17 “And you, son of man,[a] thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Say to all kinds of birds and animals of the field,[b] “Be gathered, come be gathered from everywhere[c] to my sacrifice that I am sacrificing for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, and you will eat flesh, and you will drink blood. 18 Flesh of warriors you will eat, and the blood of leaders of the land you will drink; rams, young rams and goats, bulls, and the fattened animals of Bashan—all of them! 19 And you will eat fat until you are satiated,[d] and you will drink blood until you are drunk[e] from my sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, 20 and you will be satisfied at my table with horse and horsemen and warriors and every man of war,”’ declares[f] the Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:17 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 39:17 Literally “to bird of every wind and to every animal of the field”
  3. Ezekiel 39:17 Literally “all around”
  4. Ezekiel 39:19 Literally “satiation/gluttony”
  5. Ezekiel 39:19 Literally “to drunkenness”
  6. Ezekiel 39:20 Literally “declaration of”