14. " ' "After the seven months are over, men will be hired to finish the job of making the land 'clean' again. Some will go all through it. They will look for any remaining human bones on the ground. Other people will bury the bones.
15. So some will go through the land. When they see a bone, they will put a marker beside it. Then those who dig the graves will take it to The Valley of Gog's Armies. There they will bury it.
16. That is how they will make the land 'clean' again." ' " Also a town called Gog's Armies will be located there.
17. The Lord and King said to me, "Son of man, speak to every kind of bird. Call out to all of the wild animals. Tell them, 'Gather together. Come from everywhere. Gather around the sacrifice I am preparing for you. It is the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat human bodies and drink human blood.
18. " 'You will eat the bodies of mighty men. You will drink the blood of the princes of the earth. You will eat their bodies and drink their blood as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls. You will enjoy it as if you were eating the fattest animals from Bashan.
19. " 'So I am preparing a sacrifice for you. You will eat fat until you are completely full. You will drink blood until you are drunk.
20. At my table you will eat horses, riders, mighty men and soldiers until you are full,' announces the Lord and King.
21. " 'I will show all of the nations my glory. They will see how I punish them when I use my powerful hand against them.
22. From that time on, the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.
23. " 'The nations will know that the people of Israel were taken away as prisoners because they sinned against me. They were not faithful to me. So I turned my face away from them. I handed them over to their enemies. All of them were killed with swords.
24. I punished them because they were "unclean." They did many things that were wrong. So I turned my face away from them.' "
25. The Lord and King says, "I will now bring the people of Jacob back home again. I will show my tender love for all of the people of Israel. I will make sure that my name is kept holy.
26. "My people will forget the shameful things they have done. They will not remember all of the ways they were unfaithful to me. They used to live in safety in their land. At that time no one made them afraid.