Isaiah 29:7

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

5But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash. 6Judgment will come from the Lord who commands armies, accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise, by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire. It will be like a dream, a night vision. There will be a horde from all the nations that fight against Ariel, those who attack her and her stronghold and besiege her. 8It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion. 9You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer.

Isaiah 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 37:36The Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
• Isaiah 41:11Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish.
• Jeremiah 25:31The sounds of battle will resound to the ends of the earth. For the Lord will bring charges against the nations. He will pass judgment on all humankind and will hand the wicked over to be killed in war.’ The Lord so affirms it!
• Jeremiah 51:42The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
• Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished. He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.
• Zechariah 12:3Moreover, on that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy burden for all the nations, and all who try to carry it will be seriously injured; yet all the peoples of the earth will be assembled against it.
• Zechariah 14:1A day of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst.
• Revelation 20:8and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea.
• Isaiah 29:2I will threaten Ariel, and she will mourn intensely and become like an altar hearth before me.
• Job 20:8Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.
• Psalms 73:20They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.

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

Topics related to Isaiah 29:7

• Ariel
• Dream
• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Ariel
• Close
• Mouth
• Raise
• Sennacherib
• Isaiah
• Lion

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