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Isaiah 33:8

Isaiah 33:8
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

The highways lie waste,.... No man walking in them, for fear of the enemy; "the ways of Zion", which are said to "mourn,…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The highways lie waste - This verse contains a description of the desolations that had been caused by the invasion of…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 33:1-12

Here we have,

I. The proud and false Assyrian justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence, and laid under a woe,…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

The highways lie waste … ceaseth cf. Jdg 5:6.

he hath broken the covenant See on Isa 33:33.

he hath despised the cities…