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Isaiah 17:2
Her towns are unpeopled for ever; there the flocks take their rest in peace, without fear.
Isaiah 17:2 · Bible in Basic English
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Isaiah 17:2 in other translations
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 will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
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In context
1 The word about Damascus. See, they have made Damascus a town no longer; it has become a waste place.
2 Her towns are unpeopled for ever; there the flocks take their rest in peace, without fear.
3 The strong tower has gone from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: the rest of Aram will come to destruction, and be made like the glory of the children of Israel, says the Lord of armies.
4 And it will be in that day that the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the strength of his body will become feeble.
5 And it will be like a man cutting the growth of his grain, pulling together the heads of the grain with his arm; even as when they get in the grain in the valley of Rephaim.
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