Verse 2

Isaiah 17:2

English Revised Version

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none 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 shall be a ruinous... Focus ↗

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall mak...

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

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness o... Focus ↗

5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing corn, and his arm reapeth the ears; ye... Focus ↗

6 Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in... Focus ↗

7 In that day shall a man look unto his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Isra... Focus ↗

8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall he have respect to that wh... Focus ↗

9 In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, w... Focus ↗

10 For thou hast forgotten the God (Elohim) of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of... Focus ↗

11 In the day of thy planting thou hedgest it in, and in the morning thou makest thy seed to blossom: b... Focus ↗

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

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

14 At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spo... Focus ↗

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