Isaiah 17:2

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

Related Commentaries of 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 citie...
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 S...
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...
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...
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 ;)...
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 forsak...
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 up...
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....
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 ru...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The cities of Aroer ] This Aroer is probably the one in Gad ( Joshua 13:25 ), and the reference is to the cities belonging to the kingdom of Israel...
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...
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 Isa...
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 re...
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 Ar...
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...
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 there...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Syria and Israel. B. C. 712. ...
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 . The...
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...
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 af...
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 [D...
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 a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Damascus and Ephraim Threatened
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The cities of Aroer, the two cities of this name in the country east of the Jordan, with the towns under their jurisdiction, are forsaken; they shal...
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 Tiglat...

² The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 17:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 17:2