Ezekiel 39:17

17 "As for you, 1son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: 2Speak to 3the birds of every sort and to 4all beasts of the field, 'Assemble and come, gather from all around to 5the 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.

Ezekiel 39:17 In-Context

15 And when these travel through the land and anyone sees a human bone, then he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.
16 (Hamonah is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17 "As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Speak to the birds of every sort and to all beasts of the field, 'Assemble and come, gather from all around to 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 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 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.

Cross References 5

  • 1. See Ezekiel 2:1
  • 2. [Revelation 19:17]
  • 3. ver. 4; [Jeremiah 12:9]
  • 4. ver. 4; [Jeremiah 12:9]
  • 5. [Isaiah 34:6; Zephaniah 1:7]
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