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Isaiah 17:2

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

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ASV

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

KJV

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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Original language & word study

8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עֲזֻב֖וֹתa.zu.Vot[will be] abandonedH5800 →
עָרֵ֣י'a.Rei[the] cities ofH5892 →
עֲרֹעֵ֑ר'a.ro.'ErAroerH6177 →
לַעֲדָרִ֣יםla.'a.da.Rimfor flocksH5739 →
תִּֽהְיֶ֔ינָהtih.Yei.nahthey will beH1961 →
וְרָבְצ֖וּve.ra.ve.Tzuand they will lie downH7257 →
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
מַחֲרִֽיד׃ma.cha.Rid[will be one who] terrifiesH2729 →

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Ezekiel 25:5I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’Zephaniah 2:6So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.Deuteronomy 2:36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.Micah 4:4And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.Numbers 32:34And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.Zephaniah 3:13The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”Deuteronomy 3:12So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.Jeremiah 48:19Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’Joshua 13:16The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,Isaiah 5:17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.Isaiah 7:21On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,Isaiah 7:23–25And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.1 Chronicles 5:8Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.Isaiah 7:25For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.2 Samuel 24:5They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.Ezekiel 39:26They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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