Isaiah 17:2

Isaiah 17:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
• New International Version (NIV)The cities of Aroer will be deserted and left to flocks, which will lie down, with no one to make them afraid.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The cities of Aroer are deserted; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid.

Context of Isaiah 17:2

1This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins. The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear. 3The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts. 4“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

Isaiah 17:2 word by word

עֲזֻב֖וֹת עָרֵ֣י עֲרֹעֵ֑ר לַעֲדָרִ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ינָה וְרָבְצ֖וּ וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃Read the interlinear

• The citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Aroerעֲרֹעֵר‛ărô‛êr ‛ărô‛êr ‛ar‛ôr · AroerH6177
• are forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• they will be leftהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• to the flocksעֵ֫דֶר‛êder · flockH5739
• which will lie downרָבַץrâbats · to stretchH7257
• with no oneאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• to fearחָרַדchârad · to trembleH2729

Cross-references for Isaiah 17:2

• Numbers 32:34And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
• Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
• Deuteronomy 3:12So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
• Joshua 13:16The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
• Jeremiah 48:19Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
• Isaiah 5:17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
• Isaiah 7:23And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
• Ezekiel 25:5I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
• Zephaniah 2:6So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
• Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.

Commentaries on Isaiah 17:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The cities of Aroer are forsaken "The cities are deserted for ever" - What has Aroer on the river Arnon to do with Damascus? and if there be another Aroer on the northern border of the tribe of Gad, as Reland seems to think there might be, this is not much more to the purpose. Besides, the cities of Aroer, if Aroer itself is a city, makes no good sense. The Septuagint, for ערער aroer, read עד עדי adey ad, , for ever, or for a long duration. The Chaldee…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The cities of Aroer - By “Aroer” here seems to be meant a tract or region of country pertaining to Damascus, in which were situated several cities. Grotius supposes that it was a tract of country in Syria which is called by Ptolemy “Aueira” - ̓́ Aueira Vitringa supposes that one part of Damascus is meant by this, as Damascus was divided by the river in the same manner that Babylon was. There were several cities of the name of “Aroer.” One was on the river…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The towns of Aroer were east of the Dead Sea (see 2 Kings 10:32–33). they will be left to the flocks: The city would serve no other purpose.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. cities of Aroer--that is, the cities round Aroer, and under its jurisdiction [Gesenius]. So "cities with their villages" (Jos 15:44); "Heshbon and all her cities" (Jos 13:17). Aroer was near Rabbahammon, at the river of Gad, an arm of the Jabbok (2Sa 24:5), founded by the Gadites (Nu 32:34). for flocks--(Is 5:17).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 17:2

• Damascus
• Syria

In the dictionaries

• Aroer
• Fold
• Rebuke
• Ruinous
• Rushing
• Couching-Place
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings