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Isaiah 17:2
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The cities of Aroer are abandoned;they will be places for flocks.They will lie down without fear.
The cities of `Aro`er are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer are deserted; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
"The cities of Aroer are abandoned; They will be for herds to lie down in, And there will be no one to frighten them.
People will leave the cities of Aroer. Flocks will wander freely in those empty towns, and there will be no one to bother them.
"The cities of Aroer [east of the Jordan] are deserted; They will be [only a refuge] for flocks to lie down in, And there will be no one to make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer shall be forsaken: they shall be for the flockes: for they shall lye there, and none shall make them afraide.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken;They will be for flocks, and they will lie down in them;And there will be no one to cause them to tremble.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
The villages around Aroer will be deserted, with only sheep living there and no one to bother them.
The cities of ‘Aro‘er will be abandoned, given over to flocks lying down undisturbed.
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.
People will leave the cities of Aroer. Flocks of sheep will wander freely in those empty towns; there will be no one to bother them.
The cities of Adoer shall be forsaken; they shall be for flocks which shall lie down in them, and none shall harm them.
The cities of Aroer will be deserted; they will be for the flocks, and they will lie down and no one will frighten them.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; now they are for flocks; they lie down and no one terrifies them .
The cities of Aroer shalbe waist, The catel shal lie there, & noma shal fraye the awaye.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Her towns are unpeopled for ever; there the flocks take their rest in peace, without fear.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall bee for flockes, which shall lye downe, and none shall make them afraid.
The waste cities of Aroer shalbe foldes for cattell which shall lye there, and there shalbe none to fray them away.
abandoned for ever, to be a fold and resting-place for flocks, and there shall be none to go after them.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The forsakun citees of Aroer schulen be to flockis; and tho schulen reste there, and noon schal be that schal make aferd.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer [are] forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid.
The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; [fn] They will be for flocksWhich lie down, and no one will make them afraid.
The towns of Aroer will be deserted. Flocks will graze in the streets and lie down undisturbed, with no one to chase them away.
The cities of Aroer are left empty. They will be for the flocks to lie down in, and no one will make them afraid.
Her towns will be deserted forever; they will be places for flocks, which will lie down, and no one will make them afraid.
Forsaken, are the desolate cities, - For flocks, shall they serve, Which shall lie down and have none to make them afraid.
The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to make them afraid.
Her cities will be deserted for ever; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.
"The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks to lie down in, And there will be no one to frighten them.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Aroer: Numbers 32:34, Deuteronomy 2:36, Deuteronomy 3:12, Joshua 13:16, Jeremiah 48:19
they shall: Isaiah 5:17, Isaiah 7:23-25, Ezekiel 25:5, Zephaniah 2:6
none: Jeremiah 7:33
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 24:5 - Aroer 1 Chronicles 5:8 - Aroer Isaiah 7:21 - a man Isaiah 7:25 - but it Isaiah 27:10 - there shall the Zephaniah 3:13 - and
Cross-References
"I am now making my covenant with you and with your descendants,
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
I am going to give you so many descendants that no one will be able to count them all; it would be as easy to count all the specks of dust on earth!
Then and there the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, "I promise to give your descendants all this land from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates River,
"I make this covenant with you: I promise that you will be the ancestor of many nations.
I will give you many descendants, and some of them will be kings. You will have so many descendants that they will become nations.
I will give to you and to your descendants this land in which you are now a foreigner. The whole land of Canaan will belong to your descendants forever, and I will be their God."
From now on you must circumcise every baby boy when he is eight days old, including slaves born in your homes and slaves bought from foreigners. This will show that there is a covenant between you and me.
Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he thought, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?"
He asked God, "Why not let Ishmael be my heir?"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The cities of Aroer are forsaken,.... The inhabitants of them being slain, or carried captive, or obliged to flee. Aroer was a city by the river Arnon, on the borders of Moab and Ammon, Deuteronomy 2:36 Deuteronomy 3:12, it was originally in the hands of the Amorites, and sometimes in the hands of the Moabites and Ammonites: it was given by Moses to the Reubenites and, Gadites, from whom it was taken by the Syrians, and in whose possession it seems to have been at this time; see 2 Kings 10:33 though Jarchi thinks it was now in the hands of Pekah king of Israel, and said to be forsaken, because the Reubenites and Gadites were now carried captive. Jerom m says it was seen in his time, upon the top of the mountain. Here it seems to designs a country of this name, in which were many cities. Grotius thinks it was a tract of land in Syria, the same with the Aveira of Ptolemy n. Vitringa is of opinion that Damascus itself is meant, which was a double city, like that divided by the river Chrysorrhoas, as this was by Arnon.
They shall be for flocks which shall lie down; instead of houses, there should be sheepcotes and shepherds' tents, and instead of men, sheep; and where streets were, grass would grow, and flocks feed and lie down; which is expressive of the utter desolation of these cities, or this tract of ground:
and none shall make [them] afraid; the flocks of sheep, timorous creatures, easily frightened; but so great should be the depopulation now, there would be no man upon the spot, or any pass by, to give them any disturbance.
m De locis. Heb. fol. 87. 1. n Geograph. l. 5. c. 15.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The 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” - Αὔειρα 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 Arnon in the land of Moab Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:12; Joshua 12:3. Burckhardt found this city under the name of Aroer. There was another city of this name further north, over against Rabbath-Ammon Joshua 13:25. There was a third city of this name in the tribe of Judah 1 Samuel 30:28. Of the city of Araayr which Burckhardt visited, nothing is now remarkable but its entire desolation. Gesenius supposes (“Commentary in loc.”) that the phrase ‘the cities of Aroer’ means the cities round about Aroer, and that were connected with it, similar to the phrase ‘daughters of a city.’ This city he supposes was near the river Arnon, within the limits of Moab, and that the prediction here was fufilled by Tiglath-pileser, when he carried away the inhabitants of Galilee, Gilead, and other places mentioned in 2 Kings 15:29. There can be no doubt that it was under the jurisdiction of Damascus.
Are forsaken - Are desolate, and the inhabitants have fled.
They shall be for flocks ... - (See the note at Isaiah 5:17.)
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 17:2. The 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 עדי עד adey ad, εις τον αιωνα, for ever, or for a long duration. The Chaldee takes the word for a verb from ערה arah, translating it חרבו cherebu, devastabuntur, "they shall be wasted." The Syriac read עדועיר adoeir. So that the reading is very doubtful. I follow the Septuagint as making the plainest sense.
