25 And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe,
You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns;
But it will become a range for oxen
And a place for sheep to roam.

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[a]The cities of (A)Aroer are forsaken;
They will be for flocks
Which lie down, and (B)no one will make them afraid.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:2 So with MT, Vg.; LXX It shall be forsaken forever; Tg. Its cities shall be forsaken and desolate

14 (A)Because the palaces will be forsaken,
The bustling city will be deserted.
The forts and towers will become lairs forever,
A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—

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The seacoast shall be pastures,
With [a]shelters for shepherds (A)and folds for flocks.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:6 Underground huts or cisterns, lit. excavations

14 The herds shall lie down in her midst,
(A)Every beast of the nation.
Both the (B)pelican and the bittern
Shall lodge on the capitals of her pillars;
Their voice shall sing in the windows;
Desolation shall be at the threshold;
For He will lay bare the (C)cedar work.

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