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Isaiah 17:2

In Isaiah 17 of Isaiah.

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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עֲזֻב֖וֹתazuvotcommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “commit self”, a verb used as a describing wordH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.עָרֵ֣יarecityעִירnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.עֲרֹעֵ֑רaroerAroerעֲרוֹעֵרnoun, proper name — “Aroer”H6177Aroer, the name of three places in or near PalestineAroer.לַעֲדָרִ֣יםlaadarimto droveעֵדֶרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to drove”, the ordinary formH5739an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)drove, flock, herd.תִּֽהְיֶ֔ינָהtihyeynahbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.וְרָבְצ֖וּveravetsvand crouchרָבַץconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and crouch”, a completed action in a sequenceH7257to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbedcrouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.וְאֵ֥יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).מַחֲרִֽידmachariddiscomfitחָרַדverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “discomfit”, a verb used as a describing wordH2729to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)be (make) afraid, be careful, discomfit, fray (away), quake, tremble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.

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.

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.

Douay-Rheims

The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to make them afraid.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

abandoned for ever, to be a fold and resting-place for flocks, and there shall be none to go after them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καταλελειμμένη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, εἰς κοίτην ποιμνίων καὶ ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ διώκων.

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