Isaiah 33:8

Translations

Modern

The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

Traditional

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

Literal

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.

Latin

Dissipatæ sunt viæ, cessavit transiens per semitam: irritum factum est pactum, projecit civitates, non reputavit homines.

Original

Hebrew

English

The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

Notes

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Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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