“(Verse 2) The deserted cities will be for flocks, and they will rest there, and there will be no one to frighten them away. The deserted cities, Aroer, that is, Myrhae, will be for the Ecclesiastical flocks, so that we may inhabit those which the Jews deserted: whether the destroyed idolatry will be rebuilt as the Gos…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah
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2The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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1The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
— Isaiah 17:2 —
3The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
4And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.