You shall eat fat till you are full, And drink blood till you are drunk, At My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall eat fat until you be full, and drink blood until you are drunk, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
- KJV And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
- BSB At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk.
- NASB So you will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
- NLT Gorge yourselves with flesh until you are glutted; drink blood until you are drunk. This is the sacrificial feast I have prepared for you.
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Quick answer
The birds and beasts gorge on fat and blood from God's sacrifice. The completeness of the enemy's destruction is vividly stressed.
Overview
The scavengers are said to eat fat until full and drink blood until drunk at the sacrifice God has prepared. The hyperbolic feasting language conveys the overwhelming totality of Gog's defeat. While shocking to modern ears, such imagery in Ezekiel serves to assure God's people that His enemies are utterly overthrown, a confidence echoed in the New Testament's portrayal of Christ's final triumph.
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