⁸ They will fade like a dream and not be found.
    They will vanish like a vision in the night.

⁵ You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.
    They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

²⁰ When you arise, O Lord,
    you will laugh at their silly ideas
    as a person laughs at dreams in the morning.

⁷ All the nations fighting against Jerusalem^[a]
    will vanish like a dream!
Those who are attacking her walls
    will vanish like a vision in the night.
⁸ A hungry person dreams of eating
    but wakes up still hungry.
A thirsty person dreams of drinking
    but is still faint from thirst when morning comes.
So it will be with your enemies,
    with those who attack Mount Zion.”

¹⁰ Mounted on a mighty angelic being,^[a] he flew,
    soaring on the wings of the wind.

²¹ The east wind carries them away, and they are gone.
    It sweeps them away.
²² It whirls down on them without mercy.
    They struggle to flee from its power.
²³ But everyone jeers at them
    and mocks them.

¹⁸ They will be thrust from light into darkness,
    driven from the world.