Isaiah 17:2 Parallel Translations

The cities of Aroer will be deserted. These cities will be used for sheep, which will lie down in them. There will be no one to disturb those sheep.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

ASV:

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

BBE:

Her towns are unpeopled for ever; there the flocks take their rest in peace, without fear.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

JPS:

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

WBS:

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

WEB:

The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

YLT:

Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.

Isaiah 17:2 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 32:34 The sons of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer,

Isaiah 7:21 Now in that day a man may keep alive a heifer and a pair of sheep;

Isaiah 7:22 and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat curds and honey.

Ezekiel 25:5 "I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Thus you will know that I am the LORD."

Micah 4:4 Each of them will sit under his vine And under his fig tree, With no one to make them afraid, For the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.

Zephaniah 2:6 So the seacoast will be pastures, With caves for shepherds and folds for flocks. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:2 The cities of {c} Aroer [are] forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid.
(c) It was a country of Syria by the river Arnon.

WES:

17:2 Aroer - Of that part of Syria, called Aroer, from a great city of that name. These cities were possessed by the Reubenites and Gadites, whom Tiglath - pilneser carried into captivity, 1Chron 5:26. These he mentions here, as he doth Ephraim in the next verse , because they were confederate with Syria against Judah. Afraid - Because the land shall be desolate, and destitute of men who might disturb them.

MHC:

17:1-11 Sin desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should take pride in being enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks should lie down there, than that they should harbour any in open rebellion against God and holiness. The strong holds of Israel, the kingdom of the ten tribes, will be brought to ruin. Those who are partakers in sin, are justly made partakers in ruin. The people had, by sins, made themselves ripe for ruin; and their glory was as quickly cut down and taken away by the enemy, as the corn is out of the field by the husbandman. Mercy is reserved in the midst of judgment, for a remnant. But very few shall be marked to be saved. Only here and there one was left behind. But they shall be a remnant made holy. The few that are saved were awakened to return to God. They shall acknowledge his hand in all events; they shall give him the glory due to his name. To bring us to this, is the design of his providence, as he is our Maker; and the work of his grace, as he is the Holy One of Israel. They shall look off from their idols, the creatures of their own fancy. We have reason to account those afflictions happy, which part between us and our sins. The God of our salvation is the Rock of our strength; and our forgetfulness and unmindfulness of him are at the bottom of all sin. The pleasant plants, and shoots from a foreign soil, are expressions for strange and idolatrous worship, and the vile practices connected therewith. Diligence would be used to promote the growth of these strange slips, but all in vain. See the evil and danger of sin, and its certain consequences.

CONC:

Afraid Aroer Cities Deserted Droves Fear Flocks Forsaken Frighten Lain Lie None Peace Rest Towns Troubling Unpeopled

Afraid Aroer Cities Deserted Droves Fear Flocks Forsaken Frighten Lie Peace Rest Towns Troubling Unpeopled

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