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Isaiah 17:2

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

KJV

Derelictæ civitates Aroër gregibus erunt, et requiescent ibi, et non erit qui exterreat.

Vulgate

καταλελιμμένη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, εἰς κοίτην ποιμνίων καὶ ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ διώκων·

LXX

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

ASV

עֲזֻב֖וֹת עָרֵ֣י עֲרֹעֵ֑ר לַ/עֲדָרִ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ינָה וְ/רָבְצ֖וּ וְ/אֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
מַחֲרִֽיד
mchryd
verb · 39×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
עֲרוֹעֵ֡ר
'rv'r
proper_noun · 16×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
רֹבֵ֖ץ
rbts
verb · 30×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 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:
  • Deut 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.
  • Ezek 25:5 — And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 25:5 — And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Isa 27:10 — Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
  • Jer 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.
  • Jer 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?
  • Mic 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.
  • Num 32:34 — And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
  • Num 32:34 — And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
  • Zeph 2:6 — And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
  • Zeph 3:13 — The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.