Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:19
And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
Verse 19. And ye shall eat fat – and drink blood] Who shall eat and drink, c.? Not the Jews: though Voltaire says they ate human flesh, and are invited here by the prophet to eat the flesh and drink the blood of their enemies which is a most unprincipled falsehood. It is the fowls and the beasts that God invites, Eze 39:17: “Speak to every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, assemble yourselves-that ye may eat flesh and drink blood;” nor are the persons altered in all these verses, Eze 39:17-20: so the assertion of Voltaire is either through brutish ignorance or Satanic malice.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Eat fat; accounted best, and which shall here be plentiful.
Till ye be full; none should fray them away, nor should any devour so much as to leave others hungry.
My sacrifice: see Eze 39:17.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And ye shall eat fat till ye be full,…. The fat of men; and such as before described generally are fat, and of which they shall have enough; and, though voracious creatures, shall eat to satiety:
and drink blood till ye be drunken; as men are with wine, who become mad with it; and so birds and beasts of prey grow fiercer by drinking blood: the meaning is, they should have their fill of the flesh, fat, and blood, of slain men:
of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you; the Targum is,
“of the flesh of the slain, which I have slain for you;”
[See comments on Eze 39:17].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 39:19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
Ver. 19. Of my sacrifice. ] Or, Of my good cheer. So God calleth it, to show how well pleased he is with the destruction of his Church’s enemies.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Isa 51:20 – full
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 39:19. The words fat and blood refer literally to ‘the parts of the bodies, but they are used somewhat figuratively. Under the law no one was permitted to eat fat nor blood, but they must be offered to God as a sacrifice. The idea is transferred to these creatures that have been invited to the feast. The words my sacrifice give us the explanation of the matter, for if It is the Lords sacrifice then He can consistently make whatever use of those materials that Is considered proper.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
These animals would be able to gorge themselves on the sacrifice that God would prepare for them. They would be able to eat the flesh of horses, chariot drivers, commanders, and soldiers. Normally people offered animals as sacrifices, but God would turn the tables and sacrifice people for the animals showing how little He regarded these enemies of Israel.