What Does Isaiah 33:8 Mean?

“lie waste”

to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

“The highways”

a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase

“ceaseth”

to repose, i.e., desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)

“the wayfaring man”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in

a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan

“he hath broken”

to break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate

“the covenant”

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

“he hath despised”

to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

“the cities”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“he regardeth”

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)