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 jurisdiction (Gesenius). So "nine cities with their villages" (Joshua 15:44); "Heshbon, and all her cities" (Joshua 13:17). Aroer was near Rabbah-Ammon, at the river of Gad, an arm of the Jabbok (2 Samuel 24:5). It was founded by the Gadites (Numbers 32:34).
They shall be for flocks - (Isaiah 5:17.)