🕊️WEB · Isaiah 33:8
What does Isaiah 33:8 mean?
"The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn’t respect man."
— Isaiah 33:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn’t respect man.
The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
“Now I will arise,” says Yahweh; “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.
You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.
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