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.
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Gill's Exposition
It shall be even as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth,.... That is, he dreams of food, and imagines it before him, and that he is really eating it:
but he awaketh, and his soul is…
Barnes' Notes
It shall even be ... - This is a most striking figure representing the earnest desire of the Assyrian to possess the city of Jerusalem, and his utter disappointment. The comparison is elegant and…
That it is Jerusalem which is here called Ariel is agreed, for that was the city where David dwelt; that part of it which was called Zion was in a particular manner the city of David, in which both…
Cambridge Bible
dreameth, and behold The invariable formula in narrating a dream; Gen 40:9; Gen 40:16; Gen 41:1 ff.; Dan 2:31; Dan 7:5-6.
his soul the seat of appetite and desire: cf. Isa 5:14; Isa 32:6; Pro 6:30. A…
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