Isaiah 17:2

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

Cross-reference

Isaiah 5:17 Parallel

Isaiah 5:17 also depicts flocks feeding in waste places, reinforcing the image of desolation turned to pasture.

Isaiah 7:23-25 describes briers overtaking vineyards, then land used for oxen and cattle—a parallel scene of ruin becoming pasture.

Isaiah 27:10 describes a forsaken city where calves feed and lie down — almost identical imagery of desolate cities becoming pasture.

Jeremiah 7:33 uses the identical phrase 'none shall make them afraid' for carcasses, echoing the undisturbed scene here.

Ezekiel 25:5 prophesies Ammon's capital becoming a stable for camels and a resting place for flocks, echoing the same motif.

Zephaniah 2:6 says the Philistine coast will become shepherds' folds and sheep pens, another prophecy of lands turned to pasture.

Zephaniah 3:13 says the remnant will 'feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid' — same phrase as the flocks in forsaken cities.

Jeremiah 48:19 calls Aroer's inhabitants to witness Moab's judgment, another prophetic use of the same city.

Numbers 32:34 Historical context

Numbers 32:34 records that the Gadites built Aroer, the same city later forsaken in this prophecy.

Deuteronomy 2:36 Historical context

Deuteronomy 2:36 describes Israel's conquest of Aroer from the Amorites, providing historical background for this abandoned city.

Deuteronomy 3:12 Historical context

Deuteronomy 3:12 notes Aroer as a boundary of land given to Reuben and Gad, grounding the prophecy in geography.

Joshua 13:16 Historical context

Joshua 13:16 lists Aroer as part of Reuben's inheritance, marking the same region later desolate.