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.' "