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Isaiah 17:2

Aroer

1 This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

4 “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
KJV
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 no one 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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be for flocks to lie down, and no one will frighten them.
ÅB
Aroers byer blir forlatt; flokker tar dem i eie og leirer seg der, og der er ingen som skremmer dem.
OTB
Byene i Aroer skal bli forlatt; de skal bli igjen for flokker å legge seg i, uten at noen forstyrrer dem.
B1930
Aroers byer blir forlatt; hjorder tar dem i eie og leirer sig der, og der er ingen som skremmer dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 25:5

    I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

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  • Deuteronomy 2:36

    From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.

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  • Zephaniah 2:6

    So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

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  • Jeremiah 7:33

    The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.

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  • Numbers 32:34

    And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

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  • Micah 4:4

    And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

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  • Jeremiah 48:19

    Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’

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  • Deuteronomy 3:12

    So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

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