Isaiah 33:8 meaning and explanation
The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
Isaiah 33:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah 33 speaks to Judah under threat from a ruthless power, likely Assyria, whose envoys have come demanding surrender. Verse 8 describes the wreckage that follows: roads empty because travel is unsafe, the covenant or treaty broken, the witnesses to it treated with contempt, and human life held cheap.
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