Isaiah 17:2
World English Bible (WEB)
The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
In context
1 The burden of Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
3 The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria. They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” says the LORD of Armies.
4 “It will happen in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
Isaiah 17:2 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
- KJV King James Version
- The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.