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.
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.
- BSB Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek 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 shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
- Isa 33:9The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
- Hos 2:15And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
- Isa 51:1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
- Josh 7:24–26And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
- Ezek 34:13–14And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
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