Ezekiel 39:17 - Exposition

Expanding the thought of Ezekiel 39:4 , and borrowing the imagery of the older prophets, Isaiah ( Isaiah 34:6 ; Isaiah 56:9 ) and Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 46:10 ; Jeremiah 1:1-19 :29; Jeremiah 51:40 ), Ezekiel represents Gog's destruction as a great sacrifice —literally, slaying ; hence a sacrificial feast or simply banquet (as in Genesis 31:54 )— upon the mountains of Israel , prepared by Jehovah for the fowls of the air and the beasts of the field, which he, therefore, invites to come from all quarters to eat flesh and drink blood.