“The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 17 contains 14 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.