44 And the Philistine (A)said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

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44 “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds(A) and the wild animals!(B)

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44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.

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44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh (A)to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.”

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My [a]heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture;
The vultures all around are against her.
Come, assemble all the beasts of the field,
(A)Bring them to devour!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:9 inheritance

Has not my inheritance become to me
    like a speckled bird of prey
    that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
    bring them to devour.(A)

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Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.

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Is (A)my heritage to me like (B)a hyena's lair?
    Are the (C)birds of prey against her all around?
Go, (D)assemble all the wild beasts;
    bring them to devour.

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A Triumphant Festival

17 “And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, (A)‘Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field:

(B)“Assemble yourselves and come;
Gather together from all sides to My (C)sacrificial meal
Which I am sacrificing for you,
A great sacrificial meal (D)on the mountains of Israel,
That you may eat flesh and drink blood.

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17 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Call out to every kind of bird(A) and all the wild animals: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.(B)

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17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

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17 “As for you, (A)son of man, thus says the Lord God: (B)Speak to (C)the birds of every sort and to (D)all beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around to (E)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.

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