Isaiah 17:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Isaiah 17:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The cities of Aroer - By “Aroer” here seems to be meant a tract or region of country pertaining to Damascus, in which were situated several cities. Grotius supposes that it was a tract of country...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The cities of (c) Aroer [are] forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid. (c) It was a country of Syria by the river Arnon.

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Oracle on Damascus and Israel. In spite of the title this prophecy deals much more with Ephraim than Damascus, which is not mentioned after Isaiah 17:3 . The close connexion of the two suggests th...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  cities of Aroer. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia . Hebrew. arey aro'er . Aroer. There were three other cities of that name, and this one which is not identified.

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  2. The cities of Aroer are forsaken. It is not probable that Aroer here denotes the city which is mentioned elsewhere, ( Numbers 32:34 ;) but it is rather the name of a country. He draws...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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 "The cities are deserted for ever" - What has A...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Behold, Damascus is taken away— We have here the sentence of the divine judgment upon Damascus; wherein are four penal judgments to be inflicted upon that state. The first is the overthrow of Dam...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 - i:e., the cities round about Aroer, and under its juri...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Judgment on Syeia and Israel This section is headed,' oracle concerning Damascus,' but its subject is in fact wider; it treats of the impending ruin not only of Syria, but also of Ephraim, i.e. th...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24-32 ; Isaiah 15:1-9 ; Isaiah 16:1-14 ; Isaiah 17:1-14 ; Isaiah 18:1-7 ; Isaiah 19:1-25 ; Isaiah 20:1-6 ; Isaiah 21:1-...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In this section (17-18), we have a prophecy dealing with Damascus and an interlude containing a soliloquy of the prophet. The burden of Damascus Isaiah 17:1-11 ) announces its doom. It is evident, h...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Damascus was the chief city of Syria; and in how many instances the Assyrians distressed the Church of God, the Old Testament history hath largely recorded. It is most instructive to observe, as we p...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The cities of Aroer are forsaken ,.... The inhabitants of them being slain, or carried captive, or obliged to flee. Aroer was a city by the river Arnon, on the borders of Moab and Ammon, Deuteronom...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The cities of Aroer [are] forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid. Ver. 2. The cities of Aroer are forsaken, ] i.e., The country beyond Jorda...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The cities of Aroer are forsaken “What has Aroer,” says Bishop Lowth, “on the river Arnon, (see Deuteronomy 2:36 ,) to do with Damascus?” He therefore follows the LXX., (who, he supposes, for ערע...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Doom of Syria and Israel. B. C. 712.       1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is t...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The cities of Aroer; of that part of Syria called Aroer, from a great city of that name; of which see Deuteronomy 2:36 , Deuteronomy 3:12 . These cities were possessed by the Reubenites and Gad...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Initial Declaration Concerning Syria (Incorporating Israel) ( Isaiah 17:1-3 ) Analysis. · The Burden of Damascus. “Behold Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap (...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Isaiah 17:1 . A ruinous heap. Tiglath-pileser destroyed it in the support of Ahaz, and carried away the inhabitants. 2 Kings 16:8 . Yet it was afterwards rebuilt. Isaiah 17:2 . The cities of A...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The burden of Damascus. .. The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim The oracle concerning Damascus and Israel The curse pronounced upon it [Damascene-Syria] falls also upon the kingdom of Isr...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Isaiah 17:1-23 THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS . The eye of the prophet travels northwards from Moab, and, passing over Ammon as an enemy of small account, rests once more upon Dam...

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• Isaiah 17:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Damascus and Ephraim Threatened

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 2:36 ; Deuteronomy 3:12 ; Ezekiel 25:5 ; Isaiah 5:17 ; Isaiah 7:23-25 ; Jeremiah 48:19 ; Jeremiah 7:33 ; Joshua 13:16 ; Numbers 32:34 ; Zephaniah 2:6

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• Isaiah 17:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Aroer — Of that part of Syria, called Aroer, from a great city of that name. These cities were possessed by the Reubenites and Gadites, whom Tiglath — pilneser carried into captivity, 1 Chronicles...

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