Verse 2

Isaiah 17:2

Bible in Basic English

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

Original Language Text

hebrew

עֲזֻב֖וֹת עָרֵ֣י עֲרֹעֵ֑ר לַ/עֲדָרִ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ינָה וְ/רָבְצ֖וּ וְ/אֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד

English Translation

Abandoned shall be the cities of the desolate; they shall become dwelling places, and there shall be no one to frighten.

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Chapter 17 Context

1 The word about Damascus. See, they have made Damascus a town no longer; it has become a waste place. Focus ↗

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

3 The strong tower has gone from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: the rest of Aram will come to... Focus ↗

4 And it will be in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the strength of his body... Focus ↗

5 And it will be like a man cutting the growth of his grain, pulling together the heads of the grain w... Focus ↗

6 But it will be like a man shaking an olive-tree, something will still be there, two or three berries... Focus ↗

7 In that day a man's heart will be turned to his Maker, and his eyes to the Holy One of Israel. Focus ↗

8 He will not be looking to the altars, the work of his hands, or to the wood pillars or to the sun-im... Focus ↗

9 In that day your towns will be like the waste places of the Hivites and the Amorites which the child... Focus ↗

10 For you have not given honour to the God (Elohim) of your salvation, and have not kept in mind the R... Focus ↗

11 In the day of your planting you were watching its growth, and in the morning your seed was flowering... Focus ↗

12 Ah! the voice of peoples, like the loud sounding of the seas, and the thundering of great nations ru... Focus ↗

13 But he will put a stop to them, and make them go in flight far away, driving them like the waste of... Focus ↗

14 In the evening there is fear, and in the morning they are gone. This is the fate of those who take o... Focus ↗

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