Isaiah 33:8
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.”
חָשַׁב
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
עָבַר
one who passes by of
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עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
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בְּרִית
a covenant
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בְּרִית
Covenant. Berith. A solemn binding agreement. God's covenants are unconditional promises that He will never break under any circumstances.
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שָׁמֵם
they have been made desolate
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שָׁמֵם
they have been made desolate
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
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שָׁבַת
he has ceased
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שָׁבַת
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
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עִיר
cities
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עִיר
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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מְסִלָּה
highways
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מְסִלָּה
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
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פָּרַר
someone has broken
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פָּרַר
to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
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מָאַס
someone has rejected
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מָאַס
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
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