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16 And furthermore the name of the city there is Hamonah,[a] and thus they will cleanse the land.”’

17 “And you, son of man,[b] thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Say to all kinds of birds and animals of the field,[c] “Be gathered, come be gathered from everywhere[d] to my sacrifice that I am sacrificing for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, and you will eat flesh, and you will drink blood. 18 Flesh of warriors you will eat, and the blood of leaders of the land you will drink; rams, young rams and goats, bulls, and the fattened animals of Bashan—all of them!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:16 That is, “Multitude”
  2. Ezekiel 39:17 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  3. Ezekiel 39:17 Literally “to bird of every wind and to every animal of the field”
  4. Ezekiel 39:17 Literally “all around”