Dreams And Visions

And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.

And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

And He saith, `Hear, I pray you, My words: If your prophet is of Jehovah--in an appearance unto him I make Myself known; in a dream I speak with him;

Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness!

As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every <FI>kind of<Fi> literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every <FI>kind of<Fi> vision and dreams.

In a dream--a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

And a vision through the night appeared to Paul--a certain man of Macedonia was standing, calling upon him, and saying, `Having passed through to Macedonia, help us;' --

And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, `Nothing--to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'

For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.

For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.

And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

but there is a God in the heavens, a revealer of secrets, and He hath made known to king Nebuchadnezzar that which <FI>is<Fi> to be in the latter end of the days. `Thy dream and the visions of thy head on thy bed are these:

a dream I have seen, and it maketh me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, do trouble me.

After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I <FI>am<Fi> a shield to thee, thy reward <FI>is<Fi> exceeding great.'

and God speaketh to Israel in visions of the night, and saith, `Jacob, Jacob;' and he saith, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I.'

For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

And Jehovah answereth me and saith: `Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.

And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten <FI>is<Fi> of the Holy Spirit,

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Ye do not hearken unto the words Of the prophets who are prophesying to you, They are making you vain things, A vision of their own heart they speak, Not from the mouth of Jehovah.

And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, `Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;

Then to Daniel, in a vision of the night, the secret hath been revealed. Then hath Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said. — read the full passage →

And it hath been, as when the hungry dreameth, And lo, he is eating, And he hath waked, and empty <FI>is<Fi> his soul, And as when the thirsty dreameth, And lo, he is drinking, and he hath waked, And lo, he is weary, and his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against mount Zion.

In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, `Ask--what do I give to thee?'

And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou <FI>art<Fi> a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken--and she married to a husband.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said.

`When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder, — read the full passage →

And they say unto him, `A dream we have dreamed, and there is no interpreter of it;' and Joseph saith unto them, `Are not interpretations with God? recount, I pray you, to me.'

Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

And the youth Samuel is serving Jehovah before Eli, and the word of Jehovah hath been precious in those days--there is no vision broken forth.

and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.

And Gideon cometh in, and lo, a man is recounting to his companion a dream, and saith, `Lo, a dream I have dreamed, and lo, a cake of barley-bread is turning itself over into the camp of Midian, and it cometh in unto the tent, and smiteth it, and it falleth, and turneth it upwards, and the tent hath fallen.' — read the full passage →

And Herod having died, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream doth appear to Joseph in Egypt,

Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, <FI>With<Fi> vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.

And a vision through the night appeared to Paul--a certain man of Macedonia was standing, calling upon him, and saying, `Having passed through to Macedonia, help us;' -- — read the full passage →

And Jehovah answereth me and saith: `Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it. — read the full passage →

Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, And shout ye in My holy hill, Tremble do all inhabitants of the earth, For coming is the day of Jehovah, for <FI>it is<Fi> near! — read the full passage →

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, dreamed hath Nebuchadnezzar dreams, and his spirit doth move itself, and his sleep hath been against him; — read the full passage →

And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.'

And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings--in the land of Canaan. — read the full passage →

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, dreamed hath Nebuchadnezzar dreams, and his spirit doth move itself, and his sleep hath been against him;

In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River, — read the full passage →

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, — read the full passage →

As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,

And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.

`I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was <FI>one<Fi> coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near.

And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River, — read the full passage →

and Saul asketh at Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not answered him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.

And it cometh to pass, after these things--the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt; — read the full passage →

For yet the vision <FI>is<Fi> for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth <FI>month<Fi> , in the fifth of the month, and I <FI>am<Fi> in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God.

`Pierced hath been my spirit--I, Daniel--in the midst of the sheath, and the visions of my head trouble me;

And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.

And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,

And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it;

he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, `Cornelius;'

for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day.

`After this I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and fearful, and exceedingly strong; and it hath iron teeth very great, it hath consumed, yea, it doth break small, and the remnant with its feet it hath trampled; and it <FI>is<Fi> diverse from all the beasts that <FI>are<Fi> before it; and it hath ten horns.

In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;'

and not having found his body, they came, saying also to have seen an apparition of messengers, who say he is alive,

`Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the earth: Your peace be great! — read the full passage →

And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting upon them, having breastplates of fire, and jacinth, and brimstone; and the heads of the horses <FI>are<Fi> as heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceedeth fire, and smoke, and brimstone;

Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom, A report we have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations was sent, `Rise, yea, let us rise against her for battle.'

And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;' — read the full passage →

The prophet with whom <FI>is<Fi> a dream, Let him recount the dream, And he with whom <FI>is<Fi> My word, Let him truly speak My word. What--to the straw with the corn? An affirmation of Jehovah.

For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.) — read the full passage →

and I have come to cause thee to understand that which doth happen to thy people in the latter end of the days, for yet the vision <FI>is<Fi> after days.

To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;' — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

`When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder,

Burden of Nineveh. The Book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against the prophets of false dreams, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they recount them, and cause my people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I--I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not at all profitable to this people, An affirmation of Jehovah.

And in his speaking with me, I have been in a trance on my face, on the earth; and he cometh against me, and causeth me to stand on my station,

And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions. — read the full passage →

And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

and he saith unto me, `What art thou seeing?' And I say, `I have looked, and lo, a candlestick of gold--all of it, and its bowl <FI>is<Fi> on its top, and its seven lamps <FI>are<Fi> upon it, and twice seven pipes <FI>are<Fi> to the lights that <FI>are<Fi> on its top,

And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, four chariots are coming forth from between two of the mountains, and the mountains <FI>are<Fi> mountains of brass.

And as a dream, a vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her. — read the full passage →

Mischief on mischief cometh, and report is on report, And they have sought a vision from a prophet, And law doth perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders,

`And it cometh to pass in my seeing--I, Daniel--the vision, that I require understanding, and lo, standing over-against me <FI>is<Fi> as the appearance of a mighty one.

`And I have seen--I, Daniel, by myself--the appearance: and the men who have been with me have not seen the appearance, but a great trembling hath fallen on them, and they flee to be hidden;

`Son of man, what <FI>is<Fi> this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?

Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.

`In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision hath appeared unto me--I Daniel--after that which had appeared unto me at the beginning.

Sunk into the earth have her gates, He hath destroyed and broken her bars, Her king and her princes <FI>are<Fi> among the nations, There is no law, also her prophets Have not found vision from Jehovah.

And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and his kind acts, lo, they are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a thing is revealed to Daniel, whose name is called Belteshazzar, and the thing <FI>is<Fi> true, and the warfare <FI>is<Fi> great: and he hath understood the thing, and hath understanding about the appearance.

And the appearance of the evening and of the morning, that is told, is true; and thou, hide thou the vision, for <FI>it is<Fi> after many days.'

and in those times many do stand up against the king of the south, and sons of the destroyers of thy people do lift themselves up to establish the vision--and they have stumbled.