Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 17:2
2The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks—they will lie down and no one will frighten them.
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
1The burden of Damascus: Behold, Damascus will cease as a city and will become a ruinous heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks—they will lie down and no one will frighten them. 3The fortress will also cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the glory of Bnei-Yisrael. It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot. 4Now in that day Jacob’s glory will fade, 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 32:34The sons of Gad built up Dibon, Ataroth and Aroer,
- Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon and the city by the wadi, all the way up to the Gilead, there was not a town too high for us. Adonai our God gave everything over to us.
- Deuteronomy 3:12“This land we took in possession at that time—from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the hill country of the Gilead and its cities—I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites.
- Joshua 13:16their territory: from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland up to Medeba,
- Jeremiah 48:19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the road and watch— ask him fleeing and her escaping, ‘What has happened?’
- Isaiah 5:17Then lambs will graze as if in their own pasture, and nomads will eat in the ruins of the wealthy.
- Isaiah 7:23In that day it will be that every place where there were 1,000 vines worth 1,000 silver shekels will become briers and thorns.
- Ezekiel 25:5I will make Rabbah a grazing place for camels and the children of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am Adonai.’”
- Zephaniah 2:6The seacoast will become pastures, with meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
- Jeremiah 7:33The carcasses of this people will be food for the birds of the sky 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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