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Isaiah 29:7
7The great crowd of armies from all the nations that attack Ariel will quickly disappear. They will soon come to an end, like a dream that someone sees in the night. All the weapons that they bring to attack the city's walls will disappear!
Isaiah 29:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the hordes of all the nations that fight against Ariel, that attack her and her fortress and besiege her, will be as it is with a dream, with a vision in the night—
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her, shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The multitude of all the nations who fight against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and her fortress, And distress her, Shall be as a dream of a night vision.
Context of Isaiah 29:7
5Your enemies will be like an army of dust. The wind will blow away that crowd of cruel men as if they are chaff. That will all happen very suddenly! 6The Lord Almighty will come with great power. He will come with thunder, earthquake and a loud noise. There will be a great storm with strong winds and a fire that burns up everything. The great crowd of armies from all the nations that attack Ariel will quickly disappear. They will soon come to an end, like a dream that someone sees in the night. All the weapons that they bring to attack the city's walls will disappear! 8A hungry man may dream that he is eating a big meal. But as soon as he wakes up, he knows that he is still hungry! A thirsty man may dream that he is drinking. But as soon as he wakes up, he knows that he is still weak and thirsty. That is what it will be like for the great armies from all the nations that have come to attack Mount Zion. 9You are so surprised that you do not believe what I say. You have become completely blind. You are stupid, like people who are drunk, but not from wine! You fall over, but not because you have drunk too much beer!
Read all of Isaiah 29Isaiah 29:7 word by word
וְהָיָ֗ה כַּֽחֲלוֹם֙ חֲז֣וֹן לַ֔יְלָה הֲמוֹן֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם הַצֹּבְאִ֖ים עַל־אֲרִיאֵ֑ל וְכָל־צֹבֶ֙יהָ֙ וּמְצֹ֣דָתָ֔הּ וְהַמְּצִיקִ֖ים לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
- of all the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- that fightצָבָאtsâbâ' · to serveH6633
- against Arielאֲרִיאֵל'ărîy'êl · ArielH740
- even all that fightצָבָהtsâbâh · to swellH6638
- against her and her munitionמְצוֹדָהmâtsôd metsôdâh metsôdâh · strongholdH4685
- and that distressצוּקtsûq · to pressH6693
- her, shall be as a dreamחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
- of a nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
- visionחָזוֹןchâzôn · visionH2377
Cross-references for Isaiah 29:7
- Isaiah 37:36Then the Lord's angel went to the camp of the Assyrian army. He killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When people got up in the morning, they saw all those dead bodies!
- Isaiah 41:11Listen to this! Everyone who has been angry with you will now become completely ashamed. Those who have attacked you will disappear and die.
- Jeremiah 25:31People everywhere will hear his message. The Lord will accuse the nations of their sins, and he will judge all the people on the earth. He will send war to kill all the wicked people.” That is what the Lord says.
- Jeremiah 51:42The sea will pour over it. Many waves of water will cover it.
- Nahum 1:3The Lord will punish those who do wrong things. But he does not get angry quickly. He is a powerful God. The Lord does not get angry quickly. But he gets angry when people do wrong things. Then he punishes those people. He is very powerful. You can see his power in the wind and the storms. The clouds are like dust that his feet shake.
- Zechariah 12:3There will be a time when all the countries of the earth will be ready to attack Jerusalem. Then I will make Jerusalem like a heavy rock that nobody can move. All those who try to lift it will hurt themselves very badly.
- Zechariah 14:1There will be a day when your enemies will take away everything. They will take away everything that is yours. They will each have some of your things.
- Revelation 20:8Satan will then go and deceive people in nations everywhere in the world. He will make them believe him. Those nations are God's enemies, Gog and Magog. Satan will bring them together to fight a war against God's people. Satan's army has many people, as much as the sand on the shore of the sea.
- Isaiah 29:2I will bring trouble to Ariel. The people there will be very sad and they will weep. Ariel will become like my altar for burnt offerings.
- Job 20:8He will disappear like a dream that quickly goes away. Nobody can find him any more.
- Psalms 73:20They will completely disappear, like a dream disappears after you wake up. Lord, when you decide to do something, you will forget that they were there!
Commentaries on Isaiah 29:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7As a dream - This is the beginning of the comparison, which is pursued and applied in the next verse. Sennacherib and his mighty army are not compared to a dream because of their sudden disappearance; but the disappointment of their eager hopes is compared to what happens to a hungry and thirsty man, when he awakes from a dream in which fancy had presented to him meat and drink in abundance, and finds it nothing but a vain illusion. The comparison is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And the multitude of all the nations - The Assyrians, and their allied hosts. And her munition - Her fortresses, castles, places of strength 2 Samuel 5:7; Ecclesiastes 9:14; Ezekiel 19:9. Shall be as a dream of a night vision - In a dream we seem to see the objects of which we think as really as when awake, and hence, they are called visions, and visions of the night Genesis 46:2; Job 4:13; Job 7:14; Daniel 2:28; Daniel 4:5; Daniel 7:1, Daniel 7:7, Daniel…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The Assyrians suddenly ended the siege, as if in a dream or a vision in the night. God would save Judah and judge Assyria.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. munition--fortress.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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