Isaiah Chapter 17 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 17:2

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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BBE Isaiah 17:2

Her towns are unpeopled for ever; there the flocks take their rest in peace, without fear.
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DARBY Isaiah 17:2

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.
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KJV Isaiah 17:2

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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WEB Isaiah 17:2

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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YLT Isaiah 17:2

Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - The cities of Aroer are forsaken. That the Aroer of this passage cannot be either that on the Arnon, or that facing Rabbath-Ammon (Joshua 13:25), has long been perceived and recognized (see Mr. Grove's article on "Aroer" in the 'Dict. of the Bible,' vol. 1. p. 115). It is evidently a city of the same name lying much further towards the north. Arid it is a city of far greater importance, having "cities" dependent on it. Now, Sargon's annals tell us of a "Gal'gar," a name well expressing the Hebrew ערער, which was united in a league with Damascus, Samaria, Arpad, and Simyra, in the second year of Sargon, and was the scene of a great battle and a great destruction. Sargon besieged it, took it, and reduced it to ashes ('Records of the Past,' 50.s.e.). There is every reason to recognize the "Aroer" of this verse in the "Gargar" of Sargon's inscriptions. They shall be for flocks (comp. Isaiah 5:17; Isaiah 7:25). It marked the very extreme of desolation, that cattle should be pastured on the sites of cities. None shall make them afraid; i.e. "there shall be no inhabitants to make any objection."

Ellicott's Commentary