Revelation19:18

Translation

so you can eat the flesh

of kings,

and commanders, and mighty warriors, and horses and those who sit on the horses, and the flesh of all

men, both free men and slaves, both small and great.”

Paraphrase

so you can add to the shame and disgrace of the rulers,

the important ones, the leaders, the swift and powerful, those who benefit from the swift and the powerful, and all other types of men,

both free men and

slaves, both small and great.”

Footnotes

1: The symbolism of birds eating human flesh

It was a source of terrible shame and disgrace to be refused a proper burial and instead have your body eaten by the carrion-eating birds or dogs and wild scavengers. Besides being defeated in battle, these who oppose God will be seen by survivors as shamed or disgraced, which is worse than being seen as weak.