Ezekiel 39:17-19

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. 39:18 You will eat the flesh of warriors ²  and drink the blood of the princes of the earth – the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan. 39:19 You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, ³  at my slaughter ⁴  which I have made for you.

Matthew 24:28

24:28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures ⁵  will gather. ⁶ 

Luke 17:37

17:37 Then ⁷  the disciples ⁸  said ⁹  to him, “Where, ¹⁰  Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body ¹¹  is, there the vultures ¹²  will gather.” ¹³ 

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

[39:18]  ² sn See Rev 19:17-18.

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

[39:19]  ⁴ tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).

[24:28]  ⁵ tn The same Greek term can refer to “eagles” or “vultures” (L&N 4.42; BDAG 22 s.v. ἀετός), but in this context it must mean vultures because the gruesome image is one of dead bodies being consumed by scavengers.

[24:28]  ⁶ tn Grk “will be gathered.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in English.

[17:37]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[17:37]  ⁸ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the disciples, v. 22) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:37]  ⁹ tn Grk “answering, they said to him.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

[17:37]  ¹⁰ sn The question “Where, Lord?” means, “Where will the judgment take place?”

[17:37]  ¹¹ tn Or “corpse.”

[17:37]  ¹² tn The same Greek term can refer to “eagles” or “vultures” (L&N 4.42; BDAG 22 s.v. ἀετός), but in this context it must mean vultures, because the gruesome image is one of dead bodies being consumed by scavengers.

[17:37]  ¹³ tn Grk “will be gathered.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in English.