Isaiah 17:2 - Compare All Versions

Isaiah 17:1-3 MSG (The Message)

A Message concerning Damascus: “Watch this: Damascus undone as a city, a pile of dust and rubble! Her towns emptied of people. The sheep and goats will move in And take over the towns as if they owned them—which they will! Not a sign of a fort is left in Ephraim, not a trace of government left in Damascus. What’s left of Aram? The same as what’s left of Israel—not much.” Decree of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies.

Isaiah 17:2 KJV (King James Version)

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

Isaiah 17:2 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks to lie down in, And there will be no one to frighten them.

Isaiah 17:2 NCV (New Century Version)

People will leave the cities of Aroer. Flocks will wander freely in those empty towns, and there will be no one to bother them.

Isaiah 17:2 ASV (American Standard Version)

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

Isaiah 17:2 NIV (New International Version)

The cities of Aroer will be deserted and left to flocks, which will lie down, with no one to make them afraid.

Isaiah 17:2 NKJV (New King James Version)

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid.

Isaiah 17:2 AMP (Amplified Bible)

“The cities of Aroer [east of the Jordan] are deserted; They will be [only a refuge] for flocks to lie down in, And there will be no one to make them afraid.

Isaiah 17:2 NLT (New Living Translation)

The towns of Aroer will be deserted. Flocks will graze in the streets and lie down undisturbed, with no one to chase them away.

Isaiah 17:2 TPT (The Passion Translation)

Her ruins will be abandoned— left for flocks to lie down in with nothing to fear.

Isaiah 17:2 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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