Isaiah 17:2

Good News Translation

The cities of Syria will be deserted forever. They will be a pasture for sheep and cattle, and no one will drive them away.

Cross References

Job 11:19

You won't be afraid of your enemies; many people will ask you for help.

Isaiah 27:10

The fortified city lies in ruins. It is deserted like an empty wilderness. It has become a pasture for cattle, where they can rest and graze.

Isaiah 5:17

In the ruins of the cities lambs will eat grass and young goats will find pasture.

Isaiah 7:21

“When that time comes, even if a farmer has been able to save only one young cow and two goats,

Isaiah 7:22

they will give so much milk that he will have all he needs. Yes, the few survivors left in the land will have milk and honey to eat.

Jeremiah 48:19

You that live in Aroer, stand by the road and wait; ask those who are running away, find out from them what has happened.

Jeremiah 7:33

The corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals, and there will be no one to scare them off.

Ezekiel 25:5

I will turn the city of Rabbah into a place to keep camels, and the whole country of Ammon will become a place to keep sheep, so that you will know I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 39:26

When they are once more living in safety in their own land, with no one to threaten them, they will be able to forget how they were disgraced for having betrayed me.

Micah 4:4

Everyone will live in peace among their own vineyards and fig trees, and no one will make them afraid. The Lord Almighty has promised this.

Zephaniah 2:6

Your land by the sea will become open fields with shepherd's huts and sheep pens.

Numbers 32:34

The tribe of Gad rebuilt the fortified towns of Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

Deuteronomy 2:36

The Lord our God let us capture all the towns from Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Valley, and the city in the middle of that valley, all the way to Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.

Deuteronomy 3:12

“When we took possession of the land, I assigned to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the territory north of the town of Aroer near the Arnon River and part of the hill country of Gilead, along with its towns.

Joshua 13:16

Their territory extended to Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and the city in the middle of that valley and included all the plateau around Medeba.

Joshua 13:25

Their territory included Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, half the land of Ammon as far as Aroer, which is east of Rabbah;