17. “Son of man, this is what the Almighty Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild animal, ‘Assemble, and come together from all around for the sacrifice that I’m preparing for you. It will be a huge feast on the mountains of Israel. You can eat meat and drink blood there.
18. You can eat the meat of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth. All of them will be killed like rams, lambs, goats, bulls and all the best animals of Bashan.
19. You can eat the best meat until you are full and drink blood until you are drunk at the sacrifice that I am preparing for you.
20. At my table you will be filled with horses and riders, warriors, and soldiers of every kind, declares the Almighty Lord.’
21. “I will show my greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I will turn my power against them to punish them.
22. From that day on, the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.
23. Then the nations will know that the people of Israel went into captivity because they did wrong and rebelled against me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies. They were killed in battle.
24. I paid them back for their uncleanness and their sins, and I hid my face from them.
25. “So this is what the Almighty Lord says: Now I will bring back Jacob’s captives and have compassion for the whole nation of Israel. I will stand up for my holy name.