39:17 “As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: ‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter 3 which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood.
1 tn Heb “Nebuchadrezzar” is a variant and more correct spelling of Nebuchadnezzar, as the Babylonian name Nabu-kudurri-usur has an “r” rather than an “n” (so also in v. 19).
2 sn Nebuchadnezzar besieged Tyre from 585 to 571
map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
3 tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).
4 sn See Rev 22:1-2.