"The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man."
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THE HIGHWAYS LIE WASTE - This verse contains a description of the
desolations that had been caused by the invasion of Sennacherib. Some
have understood it as containing the account which the ambassado...
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CHAPTER 33
Sixth Woe Against the Assyrian and What Is to Follow
1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 33:1)_ 2. _The prayer of the
faithful remnant (Isaiah 33:2)_ 3. _The judgment executed (Isaiah
33:7)...
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ISAIAH 33. DENUNCIATION OF THE TREACHEROUS FOE. ZION'S EXTREMITY,
YAHWEH'S OPPORTUNITY. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the
situation presupposed is Sennacherib's demand for unconditional...
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HIGHWAYS. See note on Isaiah 7:3.
LIE WASTE. are desolate. See note on Isaiah 1:7.
WAYFARING MAN. he that walketh along the path. See note on "path",
Isaiah 2:3.
MAN. mortal. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-...
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For a moment the prophet's faith seems to relax its hold on the great
principles he has enunciated, as he turns to contemplate the misery
and desolation of the present. But in reality this is an addit...
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BEHOLD, THEIR VALIANT ONES— _Behold their valiant ones, they cry
without: the ambassadors of peace, they weep bitterly._ Isaiah 33:8.
_The highways lie desolate; the traveller ceaseth: he hath broken,...
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3. SUBJUGATION
TEXT: Isaiah 33:1-12
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Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest
treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou
hast ceased to destr...
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Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest
treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou
shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt...
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1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader.
13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that
dwell in the City....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 33
A PRAYER FOR HELP
V1 *Woe to our enemies! They ruined and cheated other people. Alt...
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THE HIGHWAYS LIE WASTE... — Another feature in the picture of
terror. No traveller dared to show himself in the main road. (Comp.
Judges 5:6.)
HE HATH BROKEN. — Sennacherib is denounced as having bro...
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נָשַׁ֣מּוּ מְסִלֹּ֔ות שָׁבַ֖ת עֹבֵ֣ר
אֹ֑רַח הֵפֵ֤ר בְּרִית֙ מָאַ֣ס עָרִ֔ים
לֹ֥א חָשַׁ֖ב אֱנֹֽושׁ׃...
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CHAPTER XXI
OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE
701 B.C.
Isaiah 33:1
WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence,
which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few months after...
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GOD EXALTED IN JUDGMENT
Isaiah 33:1-12
Here we have the final prediction against Sennacherib. He had dealt
very treacherously by returning against Jerusalem, though he had taken
a heavy ransom to le...
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This chapter celebrates a great victory, and is prophetic of the
method of the final triumph. In the first thirteen verses we have the
prophet's appeal, in which there are two movements. In the first...
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The (n) highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken
the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
(n) These are the words of the ambassadors, when they returned fr...
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_Void, though Sennacherib had received what he demanded, 4 Kings
xviii. 14._...
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If the Prophet be here speaking of general things, the whole will be
suited to all times, in the Church. God's faithfulness is the same:
the efficacy of Christ's blood and righteousness, the same: and...
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8._The roads are deserted. _He now adds, that “the roads” will be
shut up, so that no one shall go in or out; which commonly happens
when war has been declared. The Prophet appears to represent the
am...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34.
Chapter s 33, 34 announce the last two great acts of judgment. At the
moment when God establishes Himself in Zion, and fills it with
righteousness,...
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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...
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_The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the
covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man._
Ver. 8. _The highways lie waste._] And byways are more frequented,...
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_Behold_, &c. That the mercy here promised might be duly appreciated
and magnified, he gives a lively representation of the great danger
and distress in which it found them. _Their valiant ones_ “Thre...
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THE PUNISHMENT STRIKES THE ADVERSARY...
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1-14 Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with
for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners
in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, sh...
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THE HIGHWAYS LIE WASTE, THE WAYFARING MAN CEASETH, because the
Assyrian soldiers possessed and filled the land. HE HATH BROKEN THE
COVENANT; Sennacherib broke his faith, given to Hezekiah, of departin...
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Isaiah 33:8 highways H4546 waste H8074 (H8738) man H5674 (H8802) H734
ceases H7673 (H8804) broken H6565 (H8689) covenant H1285 despised
H3988 (H8804) cities H5892 regards H2803 (H8804) man H582
highw...
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CHAPTER 33 THE SIXTH WOE AGAINST THOSE WHO DESPOIL OTHERS AND WHO ARE
TREACHEROUS.
The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria for some
treacherous act. We can compare and contrast h...
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CONTENTS: The distress of Judah and Jerusalem because of coming woes.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The righteous God pays sinners in their own coin. When
they have filled up the measure of their ini...
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Isaiah 33:1. _Woe to thee,_ thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled;
_AND THOU PLUNDERER, WHO HAST NOT BEEN PLUNDERED._
When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled;
When thou art weary of...
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GOD AVENGING HIS OWN ELECT
Isaiah 33:7 _Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without, &c._
I. A PICTURE OF DESOLATION.
The picture has two distinct points of interest—
1. _Man_ (Isaiah 33:7). Desol...
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SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA (Isaiah 33:1.).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 33:1
THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA AND DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM, STATED
GENERALLY. Events had progressed since the preceding...
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Now chapter 33 begins with a warning to the Assyrians.
Woe unto thee that spoilest, and you have not been spoiled; you that
deal treacherously, you've not been dealt treacherously with! (Isaiah
33:1)...
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1 Samuel 17:10; 1 Samuel 17:26; 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 18:14; 2 Kings
18:20; 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 10:14; Isaiah 10:29;...
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The covenant — Sennacherib broke his faith, given to Hezekiah, of
departing for a sum of money, 2 Kings 18:14, 2 Kings 18:17. Cities —
The defenced cities of Judah, which he contemned, and easily took...