Ezekiel 39:19

Ezekiel 39:19 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)At the sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Ezekiel 39:19

17Son of man, this is what the Lord God says: Shout to all kinds of birds and wild animals, “Come here from all the country to eat the meal that I have prepared for you. It is a great sacrifice on Israel's mountains. There you will eat meat and you will drink blood. 18You will eat the meat of great men and you will drink the blood of kings. You will eat them like the fat sheep, cows and animals from Bashan that you eat. At this sacrifice, you will eat so much fat that you cannot eat any more. You will drink so much blood that you become drunk. 20I will give you horses and their riders to eat. I will give you great men and many kinds of soldiers to eat,” says the Lord God. 21I will show my glory to all the nations. They will see that I can punish people. And they will know that I decide how and when to punish them.

Ezekiel 39:19 word by word

וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־חֵ֣לֶב לְשָׂבְעָ֔ה וּשְׁתִ֥יתֶם דָּ֖ם לְשִׁכָּר֑וֹן מִזִּבְחִ֖י אֲשֶׁר־זָבַ֥חְתִּי לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
• till ye be fullשׇׂבְעָהώob‛âh · satietyH7654
• and drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• till ye be drunkenשִׁכָּרוֹןshikkârôn · drunkennessH7943
• of my sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
• which I have sacrificedזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076

Commentaries on Ezekiel 39:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19And ye shall eat fat - and drink blood - Who shall eat and drink, etc.? Not the Jews: though Voltaire says they ate human flesh, and are invited here by the prophet to eat the flesh and drink the blood of their enemies; which is a most unprincipled falsehood. It is the fowls and the beasts that God invites, Ezekiel 39:17; : "Speak to every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, assemble yourselves - that ye may eat flesh and drink blood;" nor…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-29Verses 17-29 The purposes of the past dispensation shall be made clear to God‘s people themselves and to the pagan. His judgments were the consequence of their sins; and these sins once abandoned, the favor of their God will return in yet more abundance. Ezekiel 39:29 Compare Acts 2:17. Peter distinctly appropriates these prophecies (marginal references) to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, and the inauguration of the Church of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-22Verses 11-22 How numerous the enemies which God destroyed for the defence of his people Israel! Times of great deliverances should be times of reformation. Every one should help the utmost he can, toward cleansing the land from reproach. Sin is an enemy every man should strive against. Those engaged in public work, especially of cleansing and reforming a land, ought to be men who will go through with what they undertake, who will be always employed. When…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20In most sacrificial feasts, people eat animals that have been offered as sacrifices. In this feast, the situation is reversed. Animals would eat the bodies of defeated enemies, as if they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls. This scene is the opposite of the great banquet described in Isaiah 25:6. In that future feast, God’s people are invited to celebrate. Here, God’s enemies become the meal instead of the guests.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-291. Repeated from Eze 38:3, to impress the prophecy more on the mind.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Ezekiel
• Sacrifice

Commentaries on Ezekiel 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings