Israel's Irresponsible Leaders

^33 (A)And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, ^(B)and none will frighten them away.

¹⁷ Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to ^(A)all the birds that fly directly overhead, ^(B)“Come, gather for ^(C)the great supper of God, ^18 (D)to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,^[a] both small and great.”

²² Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will stir up against you your lovers ^(A)from whom you turned in disgust, ^(B)and I will bring them against you from every side: ²³ the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, ^(C)Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, ^(D)desirable young men, ^(E)governors and commanders all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses. ²⁴ And they shall come against you from the north^[a] with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples. ^(F)They shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet; and ^(G)I will commit the judgment to them, and ^(H)they shall judge you according to their judgments. ²⁵ And I will direct my jealousy against you, ^(I)that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. ^(J)They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire.

² And the Lord sent against him bands of the ^(A)Chaldeans and ^(B)bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^(C)according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets.

¹⁶ And ^(A)the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast ^(B)will hate the prostitute. They will make her ^(C)desolate and ^(D)naked, and ^(E)devour her flesh and ^(F)burn her up with fire,

¹⁷ “As for you, ^(A)son of man, thus says the Lord God: ^(B)Speak to ^(C)the birds of every sort and to ^(D)all beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around to ^(E)the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood. ^18 (F)You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, of bulls, all of them ^(G)fat beasts of Bashan. ¹⁹ And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you. ²⁰ And you shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all kinds of warriors,’ declares the Lord God.

³⁶ Thus says the Lord God, Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your whorings with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, ^(A)and because of the blood of your children that you gave to them, ³⁷ therefore, behold, ^(B)I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and ^(C)all those you hated. ^(D)I will gather them against you from every side ^(E)and will uncover your nakedness to them, that ^(F)they may see all your nakedness.