The highways lie waste … ceaseth cf. Judges 5:6.

he hath broken the covenant See on Isaiah 33:7.

he hath despised the cities For -ârîm(cities) Duhm proposes to read -çdîm(witnesses), i.e. the witnesses to the broken treaty. There might no doubt be an allusion to the capture of the fenced cities of Judah, 2 Kings 18:13.

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