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 is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him. 7Look, ambassadors cry out in the streets; messengers sent to make peace weep bitterly. Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect. 9The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the desert; Bashan and Carmel are parched. 10“Now I will rise up,” says the Lord. “Now I will exalt myself; now I will magnify myself.

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 went through the pass, spent the night at Geba. Ramah trembled, Gibeah of Saul ran away.
• Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads.
• Lamentations 1:4The roads to Zion mourn because no one travels to the festivals. All her city gates are deserted; her priests groan. Her virgins grieve; she is in bitter anguish! ה (He)
• 2 Kings 18:14King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
• Isaiah 10:9Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus?
• Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
• 2 Kings 18:13In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
• Isaiah 10:13For he says: “By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.
• 1 Samuel 17:10Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!”
• 2 Kings 18:20Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me?
• Psalms 10:5He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.
• Luke 18:2He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

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