EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
Isaiah 33:8
Society has broken down.
Society has broken down.
THE 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 ambassado...
CHAPTER 33 Sixth Woe Against the Assyrian and What Is to Follow 1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 33:1)_ 2. _The prayer of the faithful remnant (Isaiah 33:2)_ 3. _The judgment executed (Isaiah 33:7)...
ISAIAH 33. DENUNCIATION OF THE TREACHEROUS FOE. ZION'S EXTREMITY, YAHWEH'S OPPORTUNITY. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the situation presupposed is Sennacherib's demand for unconditional...
HIGHWAYS. See note on Isaiah 7:3. LIE WASTE. are desolate. See note on Isaiah 1:7. WAYFARING MAN. he that walketh along the path. See note on "path", Isaiah 2:3. MAN. mortal. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-...
For a moment the prophet's faith seems to relax its hold on the great principles he has enunciated, as he turns to contemplate the misery and desolation of the present. But in reality this is an addit...
_The highways lie waste … ceaseth_ cf. Judges 5:6. _he hath broken the covenant_ See on Isaiah 33:7. _he hath despised the cities_ For _-ârîm_(cities) Duhm proposes to read _-çdîm_(witnesses), i.e. t...
BEHOLD, THEIR VALIANT ONES— _Behold their valiant ones, they cry without: the ambassadors of peace, they weep bitterly._ Isaiah 33:8. _The highways lie desolate; the traveller ceaseth: he hath broken,...
3. SUBJUGATION TEXT: Isaiah 33:1-12 1 Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destr...
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt...
1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader. 13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that dwell in the City....
THE HIGHWAYS LIE WASTE... — Another feature in the picture of terror. No traveller dared to show himself in the main road. (Comp. Judges 5:6.) HE HATH BROKEN. — Sennacherib is denounced as having brok...
נָשַׁ֣מּוּ מְסִלֹּ֔ות שָׁבַ֖ת עֹבֵ֣ר אֹ֑רַח הֵפֵ֤ר...
CHAPTER XXI OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE 701 B.C. Isaiah 33:1 WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence, which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few months after...
GOD EXALTED IN JUDGMENT Isaiah 33:1-12 Here we have the final prediction against Sennacherib. He had dealt very treacherously by returning against Jerusalem, though he had taken a heavy ransom to lea...
This chapter celebrates a great victory, and is prophetic of the method of the final triumph. In the first thirteen verses we have the prophet's appeal, in which there are two movements. In the first...
The (n) highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. (n) These are the words of the ambassadors, when they returned fr...
_Void, though Sennacherib had received what he demanded, 4 Kings xviii. 14._...
If the Prophet be here speaking of general things, the whole will be suited to all times, in the Church. God's faithfulness is the same: the efficacy of Christ's blood and righteousness, the same: and...
8._The roads are deserted. _He now adds, that “the roads” will be shut up, so that no one shall go in or out; which commonly happens when war has been declared. The Prophet appears to represent the am...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34. Chapter s 33, 34 announce the last two great acts of judgment. At the moment when God establishes Himself in Zion, and fills it with righteousness,...
THE HIGHWAYS LIE WASTE,.... No man walking in them, for fear of the enemy; "the ways of Zion", which are said to "mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts", Lamentations 1:4 none daring to attend...
_The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man._ Ver. 8. _The highways lie waste._] And byways are more frequented,...
_Behold_, &c. That the mercy here promised might be duly appreciated and magnified, he gives a lively representation of the great danger and distress in which it found them. _Their valiant ones_ “Thre...
The highways lie waste, travel had been discontinued on account of the desolation spread by the invaders, THE WAYFARING MAN CEASETH, for the life of no traveler was safe on the roads; HE, the enemy, H...
THE PUNISHMENT STRIKES THE ADVERSARY...
1-14 Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, sh...
THE HIGHWAYS LIE WASTE, THE WAYFARING MAN CEASETH, because the Assyrian soldiers possessed and filled the land. HE HATH BROKEN THE COVENANT; Sennacherib broke his faith, given to Hezekiah, of departin...
Isaiah 33:8 highways H4546 waste H8074 (H8738) man H5674 (H8802) H734 ceases H7673 (H8804) broken...
BEWAILING THE TREACHERY OF THE ENEMY (ISAIAH 33:7). Meanwhile the Assyrian advance continued. Yahweh had promised action, but had not yet acted. He was waiting above for the right time to arrive. All...
CHAPTER 33 THE SIXTH WOE AGAINST THOSE WHO DESPOIL OTHERS AND WHO ARE TREACHEROUS. The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria for some treacherous act. We can compare and contrast h...
CONTENTS: The distress of Judah and Jerusalem because of coming woes. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The righteous God pays sinners in their own coin. When they have filled up the measure of their ini...
Isaiah 33:1. _Woe to thee,_ thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled; _AND THOU PLUNDERER, WHO HAST NOT BEEN PLUNDERED._ When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou art weary of...
GOD AVENGING HIS OWN ELECT Isaiah 33:7 _Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without, &c._ I. A PICTURE OF DESOLATION. The picture has two distinct points of interest— 1. _Man_ (Isaiah 33:7). Desola...
SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA (Isaiah 33:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 33:1 THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA
Now chapter 33 begins with a warning to the Assyrians. Woe unto thee that spoilest, and you have not been spoiled; you that deal treacherously, you've not been dealt treacherously with! (Isaiah 33:1)...
1 Samuel 17:10; 1 Samuel 17:26; 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 18:14;...
The covenant — Sennacherib broke his faith, given to Hezekiah, of departing for a sum of money, 2 Kings 18:14, 2 Kings 18:17. Cities — The defenced cities of Judah, which he contemned, and easily took...