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

6In that day he will be your sure foundation, providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord will be your treasure. 7But now your brave warriors weep in public. Your ambassadors of peace cry in bitter disappointment. 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. 9The land of Israel wilts in mourning. Lebanon withers with shame. The plain of Sharon is now a wilderness. Bashan and Carmel have been plundered. 10But the Lord says: “Now I will stand up. Now I will show my power and might.

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 are crossing the pass and are camping at Geba. Fear strikes the town of Ramah. All the people of Gibeah, the hometown of Saul, are running for their lives.
• Judges 5:6“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, people avoided the main roads, and travelers stayed on winding pathways.
• Lamentations 1:4The roads to Jerusalem are in mourning, for crowds no longer come to celebrate the festivals. The city gates are silent, her priests groan, her young women are crying— how bitter is her fate!
• 2 Kings 18:14King Hezekiah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have done wrong. I will pay whatever tribute money you demand if you will only withdraw.” The king of Assyria then demanded a settlement of more than eleven tons of silver and one ton of gold.
• Isaiah 10:9We destroyed Calno just as we did Carchemish. Hamath fell before us as Arpad did. And we destroyed Samaria just as we did Damascus.
• Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.
• 2 Kings 18:13In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.
• Isaiah 10:13He boasts, “By my own powerful arm I have done this. With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it. I have broken down the defenses of nations and carried off their treasures. I have knocked down their kings like a bull.
• 1 Samuel 17:10I defy the armies of Israel today! Send me a man who will fight me!”
• 2 Kings 18:20Do you think that mere words can substitute for military skill and strength? Who are you counting on, that you have rebelled against me?
• Psalms 10:5Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all their enemies.
• Luke 18:2“There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about 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