For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be filled full and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Devour. It seems animated, and eager to slay the victim, Ezechiel xxxix. 17.