Isaiah 29:7

It will be like a dream, a vision of the night: 1 A horde of all the nations will fight against Ariel 1 and her stronghold. They will attack her and her fortifications to press upon her. 1

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In The King James Version

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

In Context

6Yahweh of hosts will come to you 1 with thunder, earthquake, great noise, with strong winds and violent storm, and the flames of a devouring fire. 1

8It will be like when a hungry man dreams he is eating, but when he awakes, his stomach is empty. 1 It will be like when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but he when he awakes, he is fainting, with his thirst not quenched. 1 Yes, so will be the great number of nations that fights against Mount Zion. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 73:20They are like a dream after one wakes up; 2 Lord, when you arise, you will think nothing of those dreams. 1

Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of Yahweh went out and attacked the camp of the Assyrians, putting to death 185,000 soldiers. When the men arose early in the morning, dead bodies lay everywhere.

Jeremiah 25:31The sound of battle will resound to the ends of the earth, 1 for Yahweh brings charges against the nations, 1 and he brings judgment on all flesh, 1 and the wicked ones he will put to the sword—this is Yahweh's declaration.' 1

Micah 4:11Now many nations are assembled against you; 1 they say, 'Let her be defiled; 1 let our eyes gloat over Zion.' 1

Nahum 2:1The one who will dash you to pieces is coming up against you. 1 Man the city walls, guard the roads, 1 make yourselves strong, assemble your armies. 1

Zechariah 12:9“On that day that I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

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 →

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