Isaiah 17:2

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

"The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid." - Isaiah 17:2
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What does Isaiah 17:2 mean?

Isaiah 17:2 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid." This verse is part of a larger prophecy against Damascus and its surrounding cities, and it carries a…

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Restoration in Forsaking: A Reflection on Isaiah 17:2

In Isaiah 17:2, we encounter a poignant image reflective of desolation and future restoration. The verse states, "The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid." This profound statement, while it comes amid a…

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A Prayer for Restoration and Peace

Heavenly Father, As I bow my head before You today, I come before Your throne of grace with a heart full of gratitude and reverence. Lord, I acknowledge Your sovereignty over all creation and recognize that every verse in Your holy scriptures carries profound meaning and depth…

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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."
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Isaiah 54:17
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Isaiah 24:17 - "Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth."
Isaiah 32:17 - "And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever."
"And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day." - Isaiah 2:17
Isaiah 22:17 - "Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee."
Isaiah 14:17 - "That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?"
Isaiah 40:17 - "All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity."
Isaiah 1:17 - "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."
Isaiah 17:1 - "The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap."
Isaiah 3:17 - "Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts."
Isaiah 5:17 - "Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat."
Isaiah 2:1 - "The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem."
Isaiah 33:17 - "Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off."
Isaiah 65:17 - "¶ For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind."
Isaiah 8:17 - "And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him."
Isaiah 29:17 - "Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?"
Isaiah 21:17 - "And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it."
Isaiah 45:17 - "But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end."
Isaiah 13:17 - "Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it."
Isaiah 49:17 - "Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee."
Isaiah 17:7 - "At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel."
Isaiah 17:14 - "And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us."
Isaiah 17:5 - "And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim."
Isaiah 42:17 - "¶ They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods."
Isaiah 17:4 - "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."