Isaías 33:8

8 Tus caminos están abandonados;
ya nadie viaja por ellos.
Los asirios rompieron su tratado de paz
y no les importan las promesas que hicieron delante de testigos;
no le tienen respeto a nadie.

Isaías 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.

Isaías 33:8 In-Context

6 En aquel día, él será tu cimiento seguro,
y te proveerá de una abundante reserva de salvación, sabiduría y conocimiento;
el temor del Señor
será tu tesoro.

7 Pero ahora tus valientes guerreros lloran en público;
tus embajadores de paz lloran con amarga desilusión.

8 Tus caminos están abandonados;
ya nadie viaja por ellos.
Los asirios rompieron su tratado de paz
y no les importan las promesas que hicieron delante de testigos;
no le tienen respeto a nadie.

9 La tierra de Israel se marchita con el duelo;
el Líbano se seca a causa de la vergüenza.
La llanura de Sarón es ahora un desierto;
Basán y el Carmelo han sido saqueados.

10 Pero el Señor
dice: «Ahora me levantaré;
ahora mostraré mi poder y mi fuerza.