Isaiah 17:2
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 17
“The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”Isaiah 17:2
What Does Isaiah 17:2 Mean?
Isaiah 17:2 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 17, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 17:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ezekiel 25:5“And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”Deuteronomy 2:36“From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:”Jeremiah 7:33“And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.”Zephaniah 2:6“And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.”Numbers 32:34“And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,”Isaiah 27:10“Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.”Micah 4:4“But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.”Zephaniah 3:13“The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”Deuteronomy 3:12“And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.”Jeremiah 48:19“O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?”Joshua 13:16“And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;”2 Samuel 24:5“And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:”1 Chronicles 5:8“And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:”Isaiah 5:17“Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.”Isaiah 7:21“And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;”Isaiah 7:23“And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.”Isaiah 7:25“And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.”Ezekiel 39:26“After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.”
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