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You shall eat fat until you be full, and drink blood until you be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
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A Gruesome Prophetic Feast
Commentators clarify that the shocking command to "eat fat" and "drink blood" is not for humans. It is a prophetic invitation to birds and beasts of prey to feast on the bodies of God's defeated enemies. This graphic language emphasizes the totality and severity of the divine judgment.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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