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 Living Translation (NLT)All the nations fighting against Jerusalem will vanish like a dream! Those who are attacking her walls will vanish like a vision in the night.

Context of Isaiah 29:7

5“Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible ones Like chaff that passes away; Yes, it shall be in an instant, suddenly. 6You will be punished by the Lord of hosts With thunder and earthquake and great noise, With storm and tempest And the flame of devouring fire. 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. 8It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams, And look—he eats; But he awakes, and his soul is still empty; Or as when a thirsty man dreams, And look—he drinks; But he awakes, and indeed he is faint, And his soul still craves: So the multitude of all the nations shall be, Who fight against Mount Zion.” 9Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.

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 37:36Then the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.
• Isaiah 41:11“Behold, all those who were incensed against you Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish.
• Jeremiah 25:31A noise will come to the ends of the earth— For the Lord has a controversy with the nations; He will plead His case with all flesh. He will give those who are wicked to the sword,’ says the Lord.”
• Jeremiah 51:42The sea has come up over Babylon; She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
• Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
• Zechariah 12:3And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.
• Zechariah 14:1Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
• Revelation 20:8and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
• Isaiah 29:2Yet I will distress Ariel; There shall be heaviness and sorrow, And it shall be to Me as Ariel.
• Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
• Psalms 73:20As a dream when one awakes, So, Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image.

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