Ezekiel 39:19
in Ezekiel 39At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 39
Commentary
8 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
every kind of bird
on Ezekiel 39:17-20
God calls “every kind of bird” and “every beast of the field” to a sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel. Revelation 19:17-18 takes up the same summons to the birds. At God's table the “horses and riders” and the “mighty men and warriors of every kind” become the meal.
This site's exposition
At the sacrifice I am preparing
The law forbade Israel to eat fat or blood in Leviticus 3:17, so the invitation belongs to the birds and beasts alone. Adam Clarke answers Voltaire's charge that the Jews are invited to eat human flesh and calls it a plain falsehood. The guests are the scavengers of verse 17.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 17 and following) 'Therefore, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Speak to every winged creature, to all the birds, and to all the beasts of the field or the countryside: Come together and hasten, gather from all around to my sacrifice that I have offered to you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
What a mortification is this to the princes of the blood, as they call themselves, that God can make that blood, that royal blood, which swells their veins, a feast for the birds and beasts of prey! (3.) It is the flesh and blood of wicked men, the enemies of God's church and people, that they are invited to.
): " You shall eat fat, and drink blood, which are satiating surfeiting things. The sacrifice is great and the feast upon the sacrifice is accordingly: You shall be filled at my table. " Note, God keeps a table for the inferior creatures; he provides food for all flesh.
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And ye shall eat fat till ye be full,....
A declaration of God's gracious purposes concerning his people Israel, in this and his other providences concerning them, and a promise of further mercy that he had yet in store for them,
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־ | vaakhaltem- | and you will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| חֵ֣לֶב | chelev | fat | H2459 → | 92 times |
| לְשָׂבְעָ֔ה | lesaveah | to satiety | H7654 → | |
| וּשְׁתִ֥יתֶם | ushetitem | and you will drink | H8354 → | 217 times |
| דָּ֖ם | dam | blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| לְשִׁכָּר֑וֹן | leshikaron | to drunkenness | H7943 → | |
| מִזִּבְחִ֖י | mizivchi | from sacrifice my | H2077 → | 162 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| זָבַ֥חְתִּי | zavachti | I have sacrificed | H2076 → | 134 times |
| לָכֶֽם׃ | lakhem | for you |
וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־and you will eat
vaakhaltem-H398 →810 times
חֵ֣לֶבfat
chelevH2459 →92 times
לְשָׂבְעָ֔הto satiety
lesaveahH7654 →
וּשְׁתִ֥יתֶםand you will drink
ushetitemH8354 →217 times
דָּ֖םblood
damH1818 →360 times
לְשִׁכָּר֑וֹןto drunkenness
leshikaronH7943 →
מִזִּבְחִ֖יfrom sacrifice my
mizivchiH2077 →162 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
זָבַ֥חְתִּיI have sacrificed
zavachtiH2076 →134 times
לָכֶֽם׃for you
lakhem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.