Ezekiel 39:17

39:17 “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 ¹  which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.

Ezekiel 39:19

39:19 You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, ²  at my slaughter ³  which I have made for you.

[39:17]  ¹ tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).

[39:19]  ² sn Eating the fat and drinking blood were God’s exclusive rights in Israelite sacrifices (Lev 3:17).

[39:19]  ³ tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).