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

6And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of Yhwh is his treasure. 7Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. 9The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. 10Now will I rise, saith Yhwh; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

Isaiah 33:8 word by word

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

• 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 gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
• Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
• Lamentations 1:4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
• 2 Kings 18:14And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
• Isaiah 10:9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
• Isaiah 36:1Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
• 2 Kings 18:13Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
• Isaiah 10:13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
• 1 Samuel 17:10And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
• 2 Kings 18:20Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
• Psalms 10:5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
• Luke 18:2Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded 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