Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Isaiah 17:2 in other translations
| BSB | The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear. |
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| WEB | The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid. |
| ASV | The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. |
| YLT | Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling. |
| DARBY | The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid. |
| BBE | Her towns are unpeopled for ever; there the flocks take their rest in peace, without fear. |
| Webster | The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. |
What does Isaiah 17:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 17:1-11
Syria and Israel threatened. (Is. 17:1-11) The woe of Israel's enemies. (Is. 17:12-14) Verses 1-11 Sin desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should take pride in being enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks should lie down there, than that they should harbour any in open rebellion against God and holiness. The strong holds of Israel, the kingdom of the ten tribes, will be brought to ruin…
Isaiah 17:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 17:2
- Ezekiel 25:5
And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:
- Zephaniah 2:6
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
- Jeremiah 7:33
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
- Numbers 32:34
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
- Micah 4:4
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
- Jeremiah 48:19
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
- Deuteronomy 3:12
And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
- Isaiah 7:21
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
- Joshua 13:16
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
- Isaiah 7:23-25
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
- Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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Context
- Isaiah 17:1
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
- Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
- Isaiah 17:3
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 17:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Las ciudades de Aroer desamparadas, en majadas se tornarán; dormirán allí, y no habrá quien los espante. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les villes d’Aroër sont abandonnées, elles seront pour les troupeaux; ils y coucheront, et il n’y aura personne qui les effraie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Verlassen sind die Städte Aroer, sie werden den Herden preisgegeben; und diese lagern, und niemand schreckt sie auf. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Derelictæ civitates Aroër gregibus erunt, et requiescent ibi, et non erit qui exterreat. |