“It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.”
It will be as when a hungry man dreams that he is eating, but when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied; or as when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but when he awakens, behold, he is faint and his thirst is not quenched. Thus will be the multitude of all the nations that wage war against Mount Zion, establishing through extended imagery that the satisfaction and triumph sought by those who oppose God will prove utterly illusory, that they will awaken to find their purposes unfulfilled. The dream imagery of hunger and thirst unsatisfied suggests the frustration and disappointment that awaits those who struggle against God's purposes. The application to all nations waging war against Mount Zion suggests the oracle's universal scope: all opposition to God's city and purposes will ultimately prove futile.
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