Isaiah 17:2
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
עֲרוֹעֵר
ʻĂrôwʻêr
Aroer, the name of three places in or near Palestine
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
Key Terms in This Verse
צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
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.
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.
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
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:
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
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.
O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
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.
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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