Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"As a dream of a night vision"
Text: Isaiah 29:7
THE ENEMIES OF ARIEL
The LORD was aware of the many nations that had planned to fight against Judah (Ariel). Their desire was to totally annihilate Ariel. But their wishes and plans would be nothing more than dreams!
“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.
It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,
And look—he eats;
But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;
Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
And look—he drinks;
But he awakes, and indeed he is faint,
And his soul still craves:
So the multitude of all the nations shall be,
Who fight against Mount Zion.”
Isaiah 29:7-8
1. The enemies
a) A multitude of nations.
b) Their plans:
i) To fight Ariel.
ii) To distress the nation.
c) But their plans would be nothing more than dreams.
i) Their dreams would not be fulfilled.
ii) They were vain and empty dreams.
2. Effective illustrations
a) A hungry man dreams of eating well, but when he wakes up, he is still hungry.
b) A thirsty man dreams of drinking water, but when he wakes up,
he is still thirsty and faint.
c) The multitude of enemy nations had dreams of destroying Mount Zion.
Their dreams would not be fulfilled. God would be the Defender of Zion!