Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.
Parallel translations
- WEB Sharon will be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.
- KJV And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
- NKJV Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, And the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, For My people who have sought Me.
- NASB “Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks, And the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, For My people who seek Me.
- NLT The plain of Sharon will again be filled with flocks for my people who have searched for me, and the valley of Achor will be a place to pasture herds.
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Quick answer
Sharon and the valley of Achor will become pastures for the flocks of those who seek God. It matters because it pictures restored peace and abundance for God's people.
Overview
Naming Sharon and Achor, regions associated with both fruitfulness and former trouble, the verse promises restoration and rest for those who seek the Lord. The valley of Achor, once a place of judgment (Joshua 7), becomes a place of peaceful pasture. This reversal pictures the peace and provision God grants His seeking people, fulfilled in the rest believers find in Christ the Shepherd.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Isa 35:2It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
- Isa 33:9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
- Hos 2:15There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
- Isa 51:1“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
- Josh 7:24–26Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
- Ezek 34:13–14I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
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