Bible Study The Lord will prepare a banquet of the best of MEATS and the finest of wines

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NIV, Is 25:

6 On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines.
of choice meat,
שְׁמָנִ֖ים (šə·mā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness

Strong's Hebrew: 8081. שָׁ֫מֶן (shemen) — 193 Occurrences

BDB:

  1. fat, fatness
  2. a. oil, specifically olive-oil, as rich product d. for anointing king
NASB had never translated H8081 to 'meat':
choice (1), fatness (2), fertile (2), fertile* (1), lavish (1), oil (176), oils (3), ointment (1), olive (6), wild* (1).

LXX didn't use the Greek word for meat:

And the Lord of hosts shall make a feast for all the nations: on this mount they shall drink gladness, they shall drink wine:
GOD'S WORD Translation:

On this mountain the LORD of Armies will prepare for all people a feast with the best foods, a banquet with aged wines, with the best foods and the finest wines.
On Biblehub, 9 out of 35 versions used the word 'meat'. They probably over-interpreted G8081 here.

Before the Fall, Adam and Eve seemed to be vegetarians. After the resurrection, we may be vegetarians as well :)
 
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