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John Calvin's Bible Commentary

Isaiah 17:2

2.The cities of Aroer are forsaken. It is not probable that Aroer here denotes the city which is mentioned elsewhere, (Numbers 32:34;) but it is rather the name of a country. He draws the picture of a country which has been ruined; for he shews that those places in which cities had been built will be devoted to pasture, and that no habitation will be left there but huts and shepherds’ tents; for if any inhabitants remained, the shepherds would drive their flocks to some other place.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 17:2. _THE CITIES OF AROER ARE FORSAKEN_ - "The cities are deserted for ever"] What has Aroer on the river Arnon to do with Damascus? and if there be another Aroer on the northern border...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE CITIES OF AROER - By “Aroer” here seems to be meant a tract or region of country pertaining to Damascus, in which were situated several cities. Grotius supposes that it was a tract of country in S...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 17 The Burden of Damascus and Judgment upon Ephraim 1. _Damascus to be a ruinous heap (Isaiah 17:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Ephraim (Isaiah 17:4)_ 3. _Woe to the enemies of Israel (Isaiah 17:12) _...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ORACLE ON DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL. In spite of the title this prophecy deals much more with Ephraim than Damascus, which is not mentioned after Isaiah 17:3. The close connexion of the two suggests that th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CITIES OF AROER. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Hebrew. _arey aro'er_. AROER. There were three other cities of that name, and this one which is not identified....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The cities of Aroer_ Hardly, "the (two) cities Aroer" (gen. of appos.), as a name for the trans-Jordanic territory. If Aroer be really a proper name, the phrase must be explained by the analogy of Jo...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The fate of Damascus....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, DAMASCUS IS TAKEN AWAY— We have here the sentence of the divine judgment upon Damascus; wherein are four penal judgments to be inflicted upon that state. The _first_ is the overthrow of Damasc...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 2. DAMASCUS a. COALITION TEXT: Isaiah 17:1-6 1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. THE CITIES OF AROER - i:e., the cities round about Aroer, and under its jurisdicti...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGMENT ON SYEIA AND ISRAEL This section is headed,' oracle concerning Damascus,' but its subject is in fact wider; it treats of the impending ruin not only of Syria, but also of Ephraim, i.e. the ki...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CITIES OF AROER] This Aroer is probably the one in Gad (Joshua 13:25), and the reference is to the cities belonging to the kingdom of Israel on the E. of Jordan. Some ancient versions, however, re...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 17 GOD WILL PUNISH DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL V1 God gave Isaiah this spec...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עֲזֻבֹ֖ות עָרֵ֣י עֲרֹעֵ֑ר לַ עֲדָרִ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ינָה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 17:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this section (17-18), we have a prophecy dealing with Damascus and an interlude containing a soliloquy of the prophet. The burden of Damascus Isaiah 17:1) announces its doom. It is evident, however...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The cities of (c) Aroer [are] forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid. (c) It was a country of Syria by the river Arnon....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Aroer. Chaldean, "abandoned, shall be folds for sheep." Septuagint, "left for ever a resting place for flocks and herds, and none shall pursue." The tribes on the east of the Jordan shall be led capt...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Damascus was the chief city of Syria; and in how many instances the Assyrians distressed the Church of God, the Old Testament history hath largely recorded. It is most instructive to observe, as we pr...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 15, 16, 17, AND 18. In Chapter s 15 and 16 Moab is judged. They are warned that the throne of David shall be established, and the oppressor consumed out of th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE CITIES OF AROER ARE FORSAKEN,.... The inhabitants of them being slain, or carried captive, or obliged to flee. Aroer was a city by the river Arnon, on the borders of Moab and Ammon, Deuteronomy 2:...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The cities of Aroer [are] forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid. Ver. 2. _The cities of Aroer are forsaken,_] _i.e., _ The country beyond Jordan...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The cities of Aroer are forsaken_ “What has Aroer,” says Bishop Lowth, “on the river Arnon, (see Deuteronomy 2:36,) to do with Damascus?” He therefore follows the LXX., (who, he supposes, for ערער, _...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The cities of Aroer, the two cities of this name in the country east of the Jordan, with the towns under their jurisdiction, ARE FORSAKEN; THEY SHALL BE FOR FLOCKS, an open pasturage, WHICH SHALL LIE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAMASCUS AND EPHRAIM THREATENED...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 Sin desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should take pride in being enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks should lie down there, than that they should harbour any in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE CITIES OF AROER; of that part of Syria called Aroer, from a great city of that name; of which see DEUTERONOMY 2:36, DEUTERONOMY 3:12. These cities were possessed by the Reubenites and Gadites, who...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 17:2 cities H5892 Aroer H6177 forsaken H5800 (H8803) flocks H5739 down H7257 (H8804) afraid H2729 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    INITIAL DECLARATION CONCERNING SYRIA (INCORPORATING ISRAEL) (ISAIAH 17:1) Analysis. · The Burden of Damascus. “Behold Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap (Isaiah...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The burden of Damascus, foretelling destruction of cities of Syria and Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The God of our salvation is the rock of our strength. It is our forgetfulness of...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 17:1. _A ruinous heap._ Tiglath-pileser destroyed it in the support of Ahaz, and carried away the inhabitants. 2 Kings 16:8. Yet it was afterwards rebuilt. Isaiah 17:2. _The cities of Aroer are...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The burden of Damascus. .. The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim_ THE ORACLE CONCERNING DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL The curse pronounced upon it [Damascene-Syria] falls also upon the kingdom of Israel...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:1 The fourth oracle concerns the alliance between Damascus and Israel in Isaiah’s time (see Isaiah 7:1; Is

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:2 NONE WILL MAKE THEM AFRAID, not because peace exists but because THE CITIES... ARE DESERTED. ⇐

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 17:1 THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS. The eye of the prophet travels northwards from Moab, and, passing over Ammon as an enemy of small account, rests once more upon Damascus, already threat...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now he turns his prophecy against Damascus, which, of course, was the capital of Syria. Now Syria and the Northern Kingdom of Israel had confederated together to stand against Assyria. As Assyria beca...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:12; Ezekiel 25:5; Isaiah 5:17;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Aroer — Of that part of Syria, called Aroer, from a great city of that name. These cities were possessed by the Reubenites and Gadites, whom Tiglath — pilneser carried into captivity, 1 Chronicles 5:2...

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