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Isaiah 17:2
2Nobody lives in the cities of Aroer. Sheep and goats can safely go there to eat. They can lie down there and nobody will chase them away.
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 a message about Damascus: ‘Look! Damascus is no longer a city! It has become a heap of stones. Nobody lives in the cities of Aroer. Sheep and goats can safely go there to eat. They can lie down there and nobody will chase them away. 3There will be no strong cities in Ephraim. No king will rule in Damascus. The few people who remain in Syria are no longer great, like Israel's people!’ That is what the Lord Almighty says. 4‘At that time, Israel will no longer be great. It will be like a rich, fat person who becomes weak and hungry.
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עֲזֻב֖וֹת עָרֵ֣י עֲרֹעֵ֑ר לַעֲדָרִ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ינָה וְרָבְצ֖וּ וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 17:2
- Numbers 32:34The men in the tribe of Gad built up again Dibon, Ataroth and Aroer.
- Deuteronomy 2:36The Lord our God gave us all their towns. That included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon valley, the city in the valley and other towns all the way to Gilead. No town was too strong for us to take.
- Deuteronomy 3:12When we had taken power over all that land, I gave some of it to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. I gave them the land north of Aroer near the Arnon valley. I also gave them half of the hill country of Gilead and the cities there.
- Joshua 13:16He gave them the land from Aroer by the edge of the Arnon valley and the town in the middle of the valley.
- Jeremiah 48:19You people who live in Aroer, stand beside the road and watch. Ask the people who are running away what has happened.
- Isaiah 5:17Then lambs will find good grass to eat, as they do in their own fields. Fat sheep will find food to eat among the stones of the old houses.
- Isaiah 7:23On that day, in every place where there had been 1,000 valuable vines, there will now be only weeds and thorn bushes.
- Ezekiel 25:5I will make Rabbah a place where camels eat grass. I will make Ammon a place where sheep rest. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Zephaniah 2:6By the sea, there will be houses for people who feed sheep. There will be safe places for their sheep.
- Jeremiah 7:33Then the bodies of dead people will lie on the ground. Birds and animals will come and eat them. There will be nobody to chase 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
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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
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