Isaiah 29:8
And as men drink and eat in sleep, and when they have arisen, the dream is vain: and as a thirsty man dreams as if he drank, and having arisen is still thirsty, and his soul has desired in vain: so shall be the wealth of all the nations, as many as have fought against the mount Sion.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
9Faint you⌃, and be amazed, and be overpowered, not with strong drink nor with wine.
Cross References
Psalms 73:20Look upon your covenant: for the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity. 1
Isaiah 10:7But he meant not thus, neither did he devise thus in his soul: but his mind shall change, and that to destroy nations not a few.
Isaiah 41:12You shall seek them, and you shall not find the men who shall + 41:12 Lit. transgress by wine against insolently rage against you: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against you shall not be.
Nahum 2:1It is all over with him, he has been removed, one who has been delivered from affliction has come up panting into your presence, watch the way, strengthen your loins, be very valiant in your strength.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:2-9
The Punishment of Ariel. ( b. c. 725.) 1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. 3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. 4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one… Read the whole commentary →