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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Your roads are deserted; no one travels them anymore. The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses. They have no respect for anyone.

Context of Isaiah 33:8

6and he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure. 7Behold, their heroes cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. The highways lie waste; the traveler ceases. Covenants are broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for man. 9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert, and 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The highwaysמְסִלָּהmesillâh · highwayH4546
• lie wasteשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• the wayfaring manאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• the wayfaring manעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• ceasethשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• he hath brokenפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• the covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• he hath despisedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• he regardethחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: countH2803
• no manאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582

Cross-references for Isaiah 33:8

• Isaiah 10:29they have crossed over the pass; at Geba they lodge for the night; Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul has fled.
• Judges 5:6"In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and travelers kept to the byways.
• Lamentations 1:4The roads to Zion mourn, for none come to the festival; all her gates are desolate; her priests groan; her virgins have been afflicted, and she herself suffers bitterly.
• 2 Kings 18:14And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me I will bear." And the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
• Isaiah 10:9Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
• 2 Kings 18:13In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
• Isaiah 10:13For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
• 1 Samuel 17:10And the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together."
• 2 Kings 18:20Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?
• Psalms 10:5His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
• Luke 18:2He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.

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