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Isaiah 33:8

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8Highways are deserted;

the traveler on the road ceases.

One breaks a treaty,

he rejects the cities,d

he does not hold man in high regard.

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Footnotes

  1. dA Dead Sea Scroll reads “witnesses”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The highways lie waste;

the traveler ceases.

Covenants are broken;

cities are despised;

there is no regard for man.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The highways are deserted,

no travelers are on the roads.

The treaty is broken,

its witnesses are despised,

no one is respected.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The highways are deserted;

travel has ceased.

An agreement has been broken,

cities despised,

and human life disregarded.

NLTNew Living Translation

Your roads are deserted;

no one travels them anymore.

The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty

and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses.

They have no respect for anyone.

KJV 1900King James Version

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth:

He hath broken the covenant,

He hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.