Ezekiel 39:18

¹⁶ (Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land.

¹⁷ And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.

You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.

¹⁹ At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk.

²⁰ And at My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and warriors of every kind,’ declares the Lord GOD.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.
KJV: Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
WEB: You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
ASV: Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
DARBY: Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, [and] of bullocks, all of them fatted beasts of Bashan.
BLB: The flesh of the mighty ones you⁺ will eat, and the blood of the princes of the earth you⁺ will drink—rams, lambs, and goats, and bulls, fatlings of Bashan—all of them!

ÅB: Kjempers kjøtt skal dere spise, og jordens fyrsters blod skal dere drikke, værer, lam og bukker og okser, alle sammen gjødd i Basan.
OTB: Dere skal spise kjøttet av mektige menn og drikke blodet av jordens fyrster som om de var værer og lam, bukker og okser—alle sammen fetet buskap fra Basan.
B1930: Kjempers kjøtt skal I ete, og jordens fyrsters blod skal I drikke, værer, lam og bukker og okser, alle sammen gjødd i Basan.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 22:12
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
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Revelation 19:17–18
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
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Jeremiah 51:40
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
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Ezekiel 29:5
I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
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Jeremiah 50:27
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.
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Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
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Ezekiel 34:17
This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.
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Revelation 19:21
And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
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