以賽亞書 33:8

8 大 路 荒 涼 ， 行 人 止 息 ； 敵 人 背 約 ， 藐 視 城 邑 ， 不 顧 人 民 。

以賽亞書 33:8 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 33:8

The highways lie waste
No man walking in them, for fear of the enemy; "the ways of Zion", which are said to "mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts", ( Lamentations 1:4 ) none daring to attend the ministry of the word and ordinances; see ( Isaiah 35:8 ) : the wayfaring man ceaseth;
or, "the traveller rests" ^F26; or stops; he does not proceed on his journey; a stop is put to a religious course and conversation; there is an entire cessation of religious worship; a sabbath is kept, but not a religious one; he that would walk in Zion's ways is forbid, and is obliged to sit still: he hath broken the covenant;
some, as Kimchi's father, interpret this of the Jews' complaining that God had broken his covenant with them, as in ( Psalms 89:39 ) but most of Sennacherib's breaking his covenant with Hezekiah, ( 2 Kings 18:14-17 ) rather this is to be understood of antichrist, whose doctrine is, that faith is not to be kept with heretics, and which will abundantly appear at this distressing time: he hath despised the cities;
as Sennacherib did the fenced cities of Judah; he despised their fortifications, and easily took them, and treated the inhabitants with disdain and contempt; and so will the reformed Protestant cities and countries be invaded, seized upon, and insulted, by the Romish antichrist: he regardeth no man;
so as to keep covenant with them, have compassion on them, and spare them, he fearing neither God nor man.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (xra rbe tbv) "cessaverat viator", Junius & Tremellius; "desiit viator", Cocceius.

以賽亞書 33:8 In-Context

6 你 一 生 一 世 必 得 安 穩 ─ 有 豐 盛 的 救 恩 ， 並 智 慧 和 知 識 ； 你 以 敬 畏 耶 和 華 為 至 寶 。

7 看 哪 ， 他 們 的 豪 傑 在 外 頭 哀 號 ； 求 和 的 使 臣 痛 痛 哭 泣 。

8 大 路 荒 涼 ， 行 人 止 息 ； 敵 人 背 約 ， 藐 視 城 邑 ， 不 顧 人 民 。

9 地 上 悲 哀 衰 殘 ； 利 巴 嫩 羞 愧 枯 乾 ； 沙 崙 像 曠 野 ； 巴 珊 和 迦 密 的 樹 林 凋 殘 。

10 耶 和 華 說 ： 現 在 我 要 起 來 ； 我 要 興 起 ； 我 要 勃 然 而 興 。