King James Version
Isaiah 17:2 in the King James Version says “The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”
Isaiah 17:2 · KJV
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“which shall lie down”
H7257to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
“and none shall make them afraid”
H2729to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
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