Verse 2

Isaiah 17:2

GOD'S WORD Translation

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.

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 burden of Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous... Focus ↗

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall ma...

3 The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria. They... Focus ↗

4 “It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh... Focus ↗

5 It will be like when the harvester gathers the wheat, and his arm reaps the grain. Yes, it will be l... Focus ↗

6 Yet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three olives in the top... Focus ↗

7 In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of I... Focus ↗

8 They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which the... Focus ↗

9 In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain t... Focus ↗

10 For you have forgotten the God (Elohim) of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your... Focus ↗

11 In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the ha... Focus ↗

12 Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, t... Focus ↗

13 The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee f... Focus ↗

14 At evening, behold, terror! Before the morning, they are no more. This is the portion of those who p... Focus ↗

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