Isaiah 29:8

29:8 It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating,

only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. ¹ 

It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking,

only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. ² 

So it will be for the horde from all the nations

that fight against Mount Zion.

Isaiah 32:6

32:6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; ³ 

his mind plans out sinful deeds. ⁴ 

He commits godless deeds ⁵ 

and says misleading things about the Lord;

he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite ⁶ 

and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. ⁷ 

[29:8]  ¹ tn Or “that he [or “his appetite”] is unsatisfied.”

[29:8]  ² tn Or “that he is faint and that he [or “his appetite”] longs [for water].”

[32:6]  ³ tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17.

[32:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”

[32:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].”

[32:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”

[32:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”