Isa 29:6 | KingComments | STEP | Then there is a sudden reversal. The enemies are unexpectedly so crushingly defeated that they become like fine dust that can be blown away ( ; ). Isaiah addresses the inhabitants of Jerusalem and wants to share with them what he sees his spiritual eyes. With a sudden intervention the LORD intervenes. He intervenes by thunder and lightning ( ) in order to free Jerusalem from distress. The multitude of all the nations who wage war disappear as in a dream the appeared figures disappear ( ). For the enemies it is also like a dream, but a terrible nightmare. They dream of victory, that they have Jerusalem in their hands, but they wake up and see that they have achieved nothing ( ). That will happen when the Lord Jesus is back in Zion. A fulfillment of this prophecy will take place in the short term when Jerusalem is enclosed by the Assyrians ( ) and the Assyrian army is beaten by the LORD ( ).

‏ Isaiah 29:6

The LORD Delivers Jerusalem

Then there is a sudden reversal. The enemies are unexpectedly so crushingly defeated that they become like fine dust that can be blown away (Isa 29:5; Dan 11:45). Isaiah addresses the inhabitants of Jerusalem and wants to share with them what he sees his spiritual eyes. With a sudden intervention the LORD intervenes. He intervenes by thunder and lightning (Isa 29:6) in order to free Jerusalem from distress. The multitude of all the nations who wage war disappear as in a dream the appeared figures disappear (Isa 29:7).

For the enemies it is also like a dream, but a terrible nightmare. They dream of victory, that they have Jerusalem in their hands, but they wake up and see that they have achieved nothing (Isa 29:8). That will happen when the Lord Jesus is back in Zion. A fulfillment of this prophecy will take place in the short term when Jerusalem is enclosed by the Assyrians (Isa 37:33) and the Assyrian army is beaten by the LORD (Isa 37:36).