Isaiah 33:4

33:4 Your plunder ¹  disappears as if locusts were eating it; ² 

they swarm over it like locusts! ³ 

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. ⁴ 

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. ⁵ 

So it will be for the horde from all the nations

that fight against Mount Zion.

[33:4]  ¹ tn The pronoun is plural; the statement is addressed to the nations who have stockpiled plunder from their conquests of others.

[33:4]  ² tn Heb “and your plunder is gathered, the gathering of the locust.”

[33:4]  ³ tn Heb “like a swarm of locusts swarming on it.”

[29:8]  ⁴ tn Or “that he [or “his appetite”] is unsatisfied.”

[29:8]  ⁵ tn Or “that he is faint and that he [or “his appetite”] longs [for water].”