³⁷ And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, ^(A)“Where the corpse^[a] is, there the vultures^[b] will gather.”

^28 (A)Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

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.”

² For ^(A)I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and ^(B)the city shall be taken ^(C)and the houses plundered ^(D)and the women raped. ^(E)Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

The Destruction of Israel

9 I saw the Lord standing beside^[a] the altar, and he said:

^16 (A)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always ^(B)to fill up the measure of their sins. But ^(C)wrath has come upon them at last!^[a]

²⁶ And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall ^(A)be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come ^(B)shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. ^(C)Its^[a] end shall come with a flood, ^(D)and to the end there shall be war. ^(E)Desolations are decreed. ²⁷ And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,^[b] and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. ^(F)And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until ^(G)the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”