Ezekiel 39:4

39:4 You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast.

Ezekiel 39:1

39:1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!

Ezekiel 17:1

A Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine

17:1 The word of the Lord came to me:

Isaiah 18:6

18:6 They will all be left ¹  for the birds of the hills

and the wild animals; ² 

the birds will eat them during the summer,

and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.

Isaiah 34:6

34:6 The Lord’s sword is dripping with blood,

it is covered ³  with fat;

it drips ⁴  with the blood of young rams and goats

and is covered ⁵  with the fat of rams’ kidneys.

For the Lord is holding a sacrifice ⁶  in Bozrah, ⁷ 

a bloody ⁸  slaughter in the land of Edom.

Jeremiah 46:10

46:10 But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. ⁹ 

It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. ¹⁰ 

His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied!

It will drink their blood until it is full! ¹¹ 

For the Lord God who rules over all ¹²  will offer them up as a sacrifice

in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

Zephaniah 1:7

1:7 Be silent before the Lord God, ¹³ 

for the Lord’s day of judgment ¹⁴  is almost here. ¹⁵ 

The Lord has prepared a sacrificial meal; ¹⁶ 

he has ritually purified ¹⁷  his guests.

[18:6]  ¹ tn Heb “they will be left together” (so NASB).

[18:6]  ² tn Heb “the beasts of the earth” (so KJV, NASB).

[34:6]  ³ tn The verb is a rare Hotpaal passive form. See GKC 150 §54.h.

[34:6]  ⁴ tn The words “it drips” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[34:6]  ⁵ tn The words “and is covered” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[34:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “for there is a sacrifice to the Lord.”

[34:6]  ⁷ sn The Lord’s judgment of Edom is compared to a bloody sacrificial scene.

[34:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “great” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[46:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord Yahweh of armies.” See the study note at 2:19 for the translation and significance of this title for God.

[46:10]  ¹⁰ sn Most commentators think that this is a reference to the Lord exacting vengeance on Pharaoh Necho for killing Josiah, carrying Jehoahaz off into captivity, and exacting heavy tribute on Judah in 609 b.c. (2 Kgs 23:29, 33-35).

[46:10]  ¹¹ tn Or more paraphrastically, “he will kill them/ until he has exacted full vengeance”; Heb “The sword will eat and be sated; it will drink its fill of their blood.”

[46:10]  ¹² tn Heb “the Lord Yahweh of armies.” See the study note at 2:19 for the translation and significance of this title for God.

[1:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “Lord Lord.” The phrase אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה (adonai yÿhvih) is customarily rendered by Jewish tradition as “Lord God.”

[1:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the day of the Lord.”

[1:7]  ¹⁵ tn Or “near.”

[1:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “a sacrifice.” This same word also occurs in the following verse.

[1:7]  ¹⁷ tn Or “consecrated” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).