Isaiah 33:8

Isaiah 33:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
• New International Version (NIV)The highways are deserted, no travelers are on the roads. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are despised, no one is respected.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The highways lie waste; the traveler ceases. Covenants are broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The highways lie waste, The traveling man ceases. He has broken the covenant, He has despised the cities, He regards no man.

Context of Isaiah 33:8

6He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure. 7Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded. 9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. 10“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

Isaiah 33:8 word by word

נָשַׁ֣מּוּ מְסִלּ֔וֹת שָׁבַ֖ת עֹבֵ֣ר אֹ֑רַח הֵפֵ֤ר בְּרִית֙ מָאַ֣ס עָרִ֔ים לֹ֥א חָשַׁ֖ב אֱנֽוֹשׁ׃Read the interlinear

• The highwaysמְסִלָּהmesillâh · highwayH4546
• are desertedשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• travelעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• travelאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• has ceasedשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• The treatyבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• has been brokenפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• the witnessesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• are despisedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• and human lifeלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• is disregardedחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: countH2803
• is disregardedאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582

Cross-references for Isaiah 33:8

• Isaiah 10:29They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
• Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
• Lamentations 1:4The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
• 2 Kings 18:14So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
• Isaiah 10:9“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
• 2 Kings 18:13In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.
• Isaiah 10:13For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
• 1 Samuel 17:10Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
• 2 Kings 18:20You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
• Psalms 10:5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
• Luke 18:2“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.

Commentaries on Isaiah 33:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The highways lie waste - This verse contains a description of the desolations that had been caused by the invasion of Sennacherib. Some have understood it as containing the account which the ambassadors sent by Hezekiah gave of the effects of the invasion. Thus Grotius interprets it. But it is probably a description made by the prophet himself, and is designed to state one cause why the messengers that had been sent out wept bitterly. They had not only…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. From the vision of future glory Isaiah returns to the disastrous present; the grief of "the valiant ones" (parallel to, and identical with, "the ambassadors of peace"), men of rank, sent with presents to sue for peace, but standing "without" the enemy's camp, their suit being rejected (2Ki 18:14, 18, 37). The highways deserted through fear, the cities insulted, the lands devastated. cry--(Is 15:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 33:8

• War

In the dictionaries

• Wayfaring Man
• Acknowledge
• Deep
• Fearfulness
• Fire
• Gallant
• Causeway; Causey
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings