2The cities of Aroer will be deserted and left to flocks, which will lie down, with no one to make them afraid.


In Context

1 An oracle concerning Damascus: "See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.

2 The cities of Aroer will be deserted and left to flocks, which will lie down, with no one to make them afraid.

3 The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, and royal power from Damascus; the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the Israelites," declares the Lord Almighty.

4 "In that day the glory of Jacob will fade; the fat of his body will waste away.

Isaiah 17:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:2The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to make them afraid.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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