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.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB 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,
- 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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Quick answer
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 shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
- Mic 4:11–12Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
- Zech 12:9And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
- Ps 73:20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
- Zech 14:12–15And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
- Rev 20:8–9And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
- Zech 12:3–5And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
- Isa 17:14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
- Nah 1:3–12The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
- Jer 25:31–33A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
- Jer 51:42–44The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
- Zech 14:1–3Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
- Isa 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
- Isa 41:11–12Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
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