New King James Version
Isaiah 17:2
2The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid.
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 Living Translation (NLT)The towns of Aroer will be deserted. Flocks will graze in the streets and lie down undisturbed, with no one to chase them away.
Context of Isaiah 17:2
1The burden against Damascus. “Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid. 3The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, The kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Syria; They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” Says the Lord of hosts. 4“In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.
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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 32:34And the children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer,
- Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and from the city that is in the ravine, as far as Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us; the Lord our God delivered all to us.
- Deuteronomy 3:12“And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites.
- Joshua 13:16Their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plain by Medeba;
- Jeremiah 48:19O inhabitant of Aroer, Stand by the way and watch; Ask him who flees And her who escapes; Say, ‘What has happened?’
- Isaiah 5:17Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture, And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat.
- Isaiah 7:23It shall happen in that day, That wherever there could be a thousand vines Worth a thousand shekels of silver, It will be for briers and thorns.
- Ezekiel 25:5And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.”
- Zephaniah 2:6The seacoast shall be pastures, With shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks.
- Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And no one will frighten 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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