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,
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- WEB 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- NASB And the multitude of all the nations who wage war against Ariel, Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
- 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.
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The nations attacking Jerusalem will vanish like a fleeting dream of the night.
Overview
All the armies besieging Ariel will prove as insubstantial as a passing dream. Their seeming strength will dissolve before God's intervention. This assures God's people that the powers arrayed against His purposes are ultimately fleeting and will come to nothing.
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Cross-references · 14
- Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
- Mic 4:11–12But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
- Zech 12:9So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
- Ps 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
- Zech 14:12–15And 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 rot in their mouths.
- Rev 20:8–9and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
- Zech 12:3–5On 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.
- Isa 17:14In 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.
- Nah 1:3–12The 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.
- Jer 25:31–33The 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.
- Jer 51:42–44The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
- Zech 14:1–3Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.
- Isa 37:36Then 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!
- Isa 41:11–12Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
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