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.
27. "So I will bring them back from the nations. I will gather them from the countries of their enemies. And I will use them to show many nations how holy I am.
28. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God. I let the nations take my people away as prisoners. But now I will bring them back to their own land. I will not leave anyone behind.