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Isaiah 29:7

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, the mount of the Lord, typical of His holy Church, even all that fight against her and her munition, her mountain fortress, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision, with nothing tangible to boast of, with no victory won.

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See also Isaiah 29:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 29:7. _AS 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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND 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;...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 29 The Second Woe Against Ariel and the Third Woe 1. _The fall of Ariel (Jerusalem) predicted (Isaiah 29:1)_ 2. _Their enemies dealt with by Jehovah (Isaiah 29:5)_ 3. The people's condition:...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 29. THE DOOM OF ARIEL. Possibly Isaiah 29:7 f., with most of Isaiah 29:5, is an insertion to turn a prophecy of judgment into one of mercy. Isaiah 29:1 is then a prophecy of ruin to Jerusalem,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ARIEL. Here it is plainly Jerusalem....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _her munition_ perhaps HER CITADEL (R.V. "stronghold"). _a dream of a night vision_ R.V. A DREAM, A VISION OF THE NIGHT....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The discomfiture and dispersion of Zion's enemies in the hour of their triumph....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Isaiah 29:1-14. The announcement of Jehovah's wonderful purpose regarding Jerusalem, and its reception on the part of the people Under the second "Woe" (Isaiah 29:1) are grouped two oracles, which ma...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The figure of the dream is applied in two ways; first, objectively, to the vanishing of the enemy; second, subjectively, to his disappointment....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE MULTITUDE OF ALL THE NATIONS— These verses contain the event of the siege of Jerusalem, with respect to the Chaldees and Romans; and the meaning of the parable appears to he this, that the joy...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. SUCCESS TEXT: Isaiah 29:1-8 1 Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round: 2 then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lame...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. HER MUNITION - her fo...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WARNINGS TO JUDAH These Chapter s refer to the state of affairs during the reign of Hezekiah, when Palestine was threatened by Assyria, and an influential party in Judah favoured resistance, relying...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 29 THE FATE OF *JERUSALEM V1 *Woe to *Jerusalem, the city of David! It will not matt...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The city’s guards behaved in a very cruel manner to the woman. They probably did not believe that she was outside by night for a proper reason. Thieves went out by night. Women who were not loyal to t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AGAINST HER AND HER MUNITION. — The word is a rare one, but probably stands here for the new fortifications by which Uzziah and Hezekiah had defended Jerusalem....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֗ה כַּֽ חֲלֹום֙ חֲזֹ֣ון לַ֔יְלָה הֲמֹו

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 3 ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS 705-702 B.C. Isaiah: 29 About 703 30 A little later 31 A little later 32:1-8 Later 32:9-20 Date uncertain ------------...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is the first of a series of declamations concerning the chosen people, and sets forth the purpose of Jehovah in judgment. The message opens with a description of the judgment (verses Isa 29:1-4),...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the (f) multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her strong hold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. (f) The enemies t...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _It, in their dreams._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here are the same, or similar denunciations, as have been before noticed. God's judgments for men's rebellion. And what makes the whole most awful, is, that those judgments and punishments remain unsa...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _JERUSALEM’S IMPENDING HUMILIATION AND DELIVERANCE_ ‘Woe to Ariel,’ etc. Isaiah 29:1 I. THE PROPHET SETS FORTH IN Isaiah 29:1 THE THEME OF HIS DISCOURSE.—For he announces to Ariel, i.e. to the city...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._As a dream of a night-vision. _This verse also I interpret differently from others; for they think that the Prophet intended to bring consolation to the godly. There is undoubtedly great plausibili...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Jerusalem is reduced to the last extremity. But this time Jehovah appears for her deliverance, and the multitude of her enemies disappear as a dream of the night. Everything is dark and gloomy as to t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE MULTITUDE OF ALL THE NATIONS THAT FIGHT AGAINST ARIEL,.... The Roman army, which consisted of men of all nations, that fought against Jerusalem; the city in which was the altar, as the Targum...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 7. _Shall be as the...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Moreover_ Or, rather, _But, the multitude of thy strangers_ Of the strangers that encamp and fight against thee; _shall be like small dust_ Dispersed by the least breath of air; _and the multitude of...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 Ariel may signify the altar of burnt-offerings. Let Jerusalem know that outward religious services will not make men free from judgements. Hypocrites never can please God, nor make their peace wi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Wherein it shall be so is explained in the next verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 29:7 multitude H1995 nations H1471 fight H6633 (H8802) Ariel H740 fight H6638 (H8802) fortress H4685 distress...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But the multitude of your alien foes will be like small dust, And the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passes away. Yes, it will be at an instant suddenly,' From Yahweh of hosts she wi...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings to Judah and Jerusalem of impending discipline. The blessing after the final deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, David, Abraham. CONCLUSION: Those who are formal and hypocritical in the...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 29:1. _Woe to Ariel,_ the lion of God, or the strong lion, for _El_ is often rendered _strong_ or _rock,_ as in Psalms 42:9. “God my rock.” The city of Jerusalem was that strong rock, or strong...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _As a dream of a night vision_ THE VISIONS OF SIN There are two grand truths of a most stirring import unfolded in the text. 1. That wicked men are frequently employed to execute the Divine purpose....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 29:5 See Isaiah 37:36. AND IN AN INSTANT, SUDDENLY, YOU WILL BE VISITED BY THE LORD OF HOSTS. God will deliver the

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    DREAMING Isaiah 29:7. _Shall be as a dream of a night vision, &c._ The reference in these two verses is to the threatened attack on Jerusalem by the Assyrian invasion in the reign of Hezekiah. They t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 29:1 A WARNING TO JERUSALEM. Expostulation is followed by threats. The prophet is aware that all his preaching to the authorities in Jerusalem (Isaiah 28:14) will be of no avail, an...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 29, the woe unto Jerusalem. Ariel means the lion of God. It is one of the names for Jerusalem. Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, [the lion of God] the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 29:2; Isaiah 37:36; Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 41:12; Jeremiah 25:

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