Ezekiel 39 · Verse 19

Ezekiel 39:19

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.

Ezekiel 39:19, King James Version

Ezekiel 39:19 in other translations

BSB	At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk.
WEB	You shall eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
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.
YLT	And ye have eaten fat to satiety, And ye have drunk blood--to drunkenness, Of My sacrifice that I sacrificed for you.
DARBY	And ye shall eat fat till ye are full, and drink blood till ye are drunken, of my sacrifice which I sacrifice for you.
BBE	You will go on feasting on the fat till you are full, and drinking the blood till you are overcome with it, of my offering which I have put to death for you.
Webster	And ye shall eat fat till ye are full, and drink blood till ye are drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

What does Ezekiel 39:19 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 19 And 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, Eze 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 are the persons altered in all these Eze 39:17-20 : so the assertion of Voltaire is either through brutish ignorance or Satanic malice.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 39:11-22

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…

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Ezekiel 39:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַאֲכַלְתֶּם\־va.'a.khal.tem-and you will eatH398

חֵ֣לֶבChe.levfatH2459

לְשָׂבְעָ֔הle.sa.ve.'Ahto satietyH7654

וּשְׁתִ֥יתֶםu.she.Ti.temand you will drinkH8354

דָּ֖םdambloodH1818

לְשִׁכָּר֑וֹןle.shi.ka.Ronto drunkennessH7943

מִזִּבְחִ֖יmi.ziv.Chifrom sacrifice myH2077

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834

זָבַ֥חְתִּיza.Vach.tiI have sacrificedH2076

לָכֶֽם\׃la.Khemfor you

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

Ezekiel 39:18
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.
Ezekiel 39:19
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.
Ezekiel 39:20
Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 39:19 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y comeréis gordura hasta hartaros, y beberéis hasta embriagaros sangre, de mi sacrificio que yo os sacrifiqué.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Vous mangerez de la graisse à satiété, et vous boirez du sang à en être enivrés, du sacrifice que j’ai sacrifié pour vous.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Fett sollt ihr fressen bis zur Sättigung und Blut trinken bis zur Trunkenheit von meinem Schlachtopfer, das ich für euch geschlachtet habe.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et comedetis adipem in saturitatem, et bibetis sanguinem in ebrietatem, de victima quam ego immolabo vobis: