The cities of Aroer are abandoned; they will be places for flocks. They will lie down without fear.
Isaiah 7:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You will not go to all the hills that were once tilled with a hoe, for fear of the thorns and briars. Those hills will be places for oxen to graze and for sheep to trample. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And as for all the hills that were formerly cultivated with mattock and hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where oxen are let loose to pasture and where sheep tread. American Standard Version (1901) And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep. Common English Bible As for the hills that were once farmed with hoes, you won’t go there for fear of the thorns and thistles. They will become places where cattle are turned loose and sheep wander. Catholic Public Domain Version But as for all the mountains, which will be dug with a hoe, the terror of thorns and briers will not approach those places. And there will be pasture land for oxen, and a range for cattle." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And as for all the hills that shall be raked with a rake, the fear of thorns and briers shall not come thither, but they shall be for the ox to feed on, and the lesser cattle to tread upon. |
The cities of Aroer are abandoned; they will be places for flocks. They will lie down without fear.
Lambs will graze as if in their own pastures, and resident foreigners will eat among the ruins of the rich.
All of them will come and settle in the steep ravines, in the clefts of the rocks, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the water holes.
A man will go there with bow and arrows because the whole land will be thorns and briars.
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the Lord now shepherd them like a lamb in an open meadow?
The seacoast will become pasturelands with caves for shepherds and pens for sheep.