Isaiah 29:8 meaning and explanation

as 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.

Isaiah 29:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah speaks God's word to Jerusalem, called Ariel, and to the nations that besiege her. The two similes picture a hungry or thirsty person who dreams of eating and drinking, then wakes still empty and faint.

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