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Isaiah 33:8

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

7 Behold, 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.

9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
KJV
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
WEB
The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn’t respect man.
ASV
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: [the enemy] hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.
DARBY
The highways are desolate, the wayfaring man ceaseth. He hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
BLB
[For] the highways are desolate, the road has ceased [from] those traveling. He has broken the covenant; he has despised the witnesses; he has not regarded man.
ÅB
Allfarveiene er øde, det er ingen veifarende mere - han[^4] har brutt pakten[^5], foraktet byene[^6], ikke aktet noe menneske.
OTB
Hovedveiene ligger øde, reisende har opphørt. Pakten er brutt, byene er foraktet, og det er ingen hensyn til menneskeheten.
B1930
Allfarveiene er øde, det er ingen veifarende mere - han har brutt pakten, foraktet byene, ikke aktet noget menneske. / < Sankerib.> / < 2KG 18, 14 fg. 17 fg.> / < HAB 1, 10.>

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Cross references

  • Judges 5:6

    In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

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  • Isaiah 35:8

    And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

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  • Isaiah 10:29–31

    They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

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  • Lamentations 1:4

    The 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.

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  • Isaiah 10:9–11

    Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

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  • Luke 18:2–4

    Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

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  • Isaiah 10:13–14

    For 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:

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  • 1 Samuel 17:26

    And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

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