Ezekiel 39:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And you shall be filled at my table with horses, and mighty horsemen, and all the men of war, saith the Lord God.
Douay-Rheims

וּשְׂבַעְתֶּ֤ם עַל־שֻׁלְחָנִי֙ ס֣וּס וָרֶ֔כֶב גִּבּ֖וֹר וְכָל־אִ֣ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֑ה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

You will find fulfillment in the sustenance I provide, which signifies the nourishment I will give to you. To clarify the nature of this sustenance, the Lord declared: Horse and rider, giant and every warrior, says the Sovereign Lord. And the Lord spoke to the Sovereign Lord.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Rev 19:18That you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of tribunes and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on them: and the flesh of all freemen and bondmen and of little and of great.
Hag 2:22Speak to Zorobabel the governor of Juda, saying: I will move both heaven and earth.
Ezek 38:4And I will turn thee about, and I will put a bit in thy jaws: and I will bring thee forth, and all thy army, horses and horsemen all clothed with coats of mail, a great multitude, armed with spears and shields and swords.
Ps 76 (75):5
Ps 76 (75):6