The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks—they will lie down and no one will frighten them.
Isaiah 7:25 - Tree of Life Version As for all the hills that were tilled with the hoe—you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns. Instead it will be for grazing of oxen and roaming of sheep. 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 forsaken. They will be for flocks—they will lie down and no one will frighten them.
Then lambs will graze as if in their own pasture, and nomads will eat in the ruins of the wealthy.
Then they will come, all of them— and will settle in the steep wadis and in the clefts of the cliffs and in all the thorn bushes and in all the watering holes.
With arrows and bows one will come there, since all the land will become briers and thorns.
For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn cow. Now Adonai will pasture them like a lamb in the open field.
The seacoast will become pastures, with meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.