Isaiah 17:2 KJV
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Matthew Henry
- Syria and Israel threatenedSin 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,...
Parallel Passages
- Numbers 32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Ezekiel 25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Numbers 32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
- Deuteronomy 2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
- Jeremiah 7:33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
- Micah 4:4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
- Zephaniah 2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
- Deuteronomy 3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
- Joshua 13:16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
- Isaiah 5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
- Isaiah 7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
- Isaiah 7:23–25 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. …
- Jeremiah 48:19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Places
- AroerTown · today Arair · Location well established
- Places in Isaiah 17 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- AroerRuins. (1.) A town on the north bank of the Arnon (Deut 4:48; Judg 11:26; 2 Kgs 10:33), the southern boundary of the kingdom of Sihon...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- The cities עָרֵי ʿārê עִיר Noun · feminine plural construct
- of Aroer עֲרֹעֵר ʿărōʿēr עֲרוֹעֵר Proper name
- forsaken עֲזֻבוֹת ʿăzubôt עָזַב Verb · qal passive participle, feminine plural
- they shall be for flocks לַעֲדָרִים laʿădārîm עֵדֶר Noun · masculine plural · with preposition
- which shall lie down תִּהְיֶינָה tihyênâ Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine plural וְרָבְצוּ wĕrābĕṣû רָבַץ Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
- and none shall make them afraid וְאֵין wĕʾên Negative · with and מַחֲרִיד maḥărîd חָרַד Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular
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