Revelation 19:18

19:18 to eat ¹  your fill ²  of the flesh of kings,

the flesh of generals, ³ 

the flesh of powerful people,

the flesh of horses and those who ride them,

and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, ⁴ 

and small and great!”

Revelation 17:16

17:16 The ⁵  ten horns that you saw, and the beast – these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They ⁶  will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire. ⁷ 

Revelation 19:21

19:21 The ⁸  others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged ⁹  themselves with their flesh.

[19:18]  ¹ tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause, insofar as it is related to the first imperative, has the force of an imperative.

[19:18]  ² tn The idea of eating “your fill” is evident in the context with the use of χορτάζω (cortazw) in v. 21.

[19:18]  ³ tn Grk “chiliarchs”; normally a chiliarch was a military officer commanding a thousand soldiers, but here probably used of higher-ranking commanders like generals (see L&N 55.15; cf. Rev 6:15).

[19:18]  ⁴ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[17:16]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:16]  ⁶ tn A new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:16]  ⁷ tn The final clause could also be turned into an adverbial clause of means: “They will consume her flesh by burning her with fire.”

[19:21]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:21]  ¹⁰ tn On the translation of ἐχορτάσθησαν (ecortasqhsan) BDAG 1087 s.v. χορτάζω 1.a states, “of animals, pass. in act. sense πάντα τὰ ὄρνεα ἐχορτάσθησαν ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτῶν all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh Rv 19:21 (cp. TestJud. 21:8).”