17. As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Say to birds of every kind and to every wild beast: “Assemble! Come from all sides for the sacrifice I am making for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel. You shall eat flesh and drink blood!
18. You shall eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth: rams, lambs, and goats, bulls and fatlings from Bashan, all of them.
19. From the sacrifice I slaughtered for you, you shall eat fat until you are sated and drink blood until you are drunk.
20. At my table you shall be sated with horse and rider, with warrior and soldier of every kind—oracle of the Lord God.
21. Then I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment I executed, the hand I laid upon them.
22. From that day forward the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord, their God.
23. The nations shall know that the house of Israel went into exile because of its sins. Because they betrayed me, I hid my face from them, handing them over to their foes, so they all fell by the sword.
24. According to their defilement and their crimes I dealt with them, hiding my face from them.
25. Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and take pity on the whole house of Israel; I am zealous for my holy name.
26. They will forget their shame and all the infidelities they committed against me when they live securely on their own land with no one to frighten them.
27. When I bring them back from the nations and gather them from the lands of their enemies, I will show my holiness through them in the sight of many nations.
28. Thus they shall know that I, the Lord, am their God, since I who exiled them among the nations will gather them back to their land, not leaving any of them behind.