Isaiah 29:7 “All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who w…”

Isaiah 29:7

All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against the altar, shalbe as a dreame or vision by night: euen all they that make the warre against it, and strong holdes against it, and lay siege vnto it.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And as a dream, a vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.

Bible in Basic English

And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her in with their towers, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night.

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Cross references

“the multitude”

Zechariah 12:3–5 Zechariah 14:12–15 Isaiah 37:36 Jeremiah 25:31–33 Jeremiah 51:42–44 Nahum 1:3–12

Zechariah 12:3–5 · BSB

On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.

Zechariah 14:12–15 · BSB

And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will…

Isaiah 37:36 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Jeremiah 25:31–33 · BSB

The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:42–44 · BSB

The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.

Nahum 1:3–12 · BSB

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

“as a dream”

Job 20:8 Psalm 73:20

Job 20:8 · BSB

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Psalm 73:20 · BSB

Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

Also

Micah 4:11–12 Zechariah 12:9 Isaiah 17:14

Micah 4:11–12 · BSB

But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

Zechariah 12:9 · BSB

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Isaiah 17:14 · BSB

In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.

8as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.

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