Isaiah 29:8

It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn’t satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.

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It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn’t satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.

BSB

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.

ASV

And it shall be as when a 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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וְהָיָה ve·ha·yah and it will be H1961 כַּאֲשֶׁר ka·'a·sher just as H834 יַחֲלֹם ya·cha·lom he dreams H2492 הָרָעֵב ha·ra·'ev the hungry [person] H7457 וְהִנֵּה ve·hi·neh and there H2009 אוֹכֵל 'o·khel [he is] eating H398 וְהֵקִיץ ve·he·kitz and he awakes H6974 וְרֵיקָה ve·rei·kah and [is] empty H7386 נַפְשׁוֹ naf·sho appetite his H5315 וְכַאֲשֶׁר ve·kha·'a·sher and just as H834 יַחֲלֹם ya·cha·lom he dreams H2492 הַצָּמֵא ha·tza·me' the thirsty [person] H6771 וְהִנֵּה ve·hi·neh and there H2009 שֹׁתֶה sho·teh [he is] drinking H8354 וְהֵקִיץ ve·he·kitz and he awakes H6974 וְהִנֵּה ve·hi·neh and there H2009 עָיֵף 'a·yef [he is] faint H5889 וְנַפְשׁוֹ ve·naf·sho and throat his H5315 שׁוֹקֵקָה sho·ke·kah [is] longing H8264 כֵּן ken so H3651 יִהְיֶה yih·yeh it will be H1961 הֲמוֹן ha·mon [the] multitude of H1995 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 הַגּוֹיִם ha·go·yim the nations H1471 הַצֹּבְאִים ha·tzoe·'im which wage war H6633 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 הַר har [the] mountain of H2022 צִיּוֹן ס tzi·yon Zion H6726

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.