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The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: [the enemy] has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he doesn`t regard man.
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A Broken Treaty
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that this verse describes the chaos of Sennacherib's invasion. Specifically, 'he hath broken the covenant' refers to the Assyrian king treacherously violating the peace treaty he had just made with King Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:14–17). Despite being paid off, he continued his attack, showing a complete disregard for his word, for cities, and for human life.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The highways lie waste - This verse contains a description of the desolations caused by Sennacherib's invasion. Some have understood it as…
19th Century
Anglican
The highways lie waste ... — Another feature in the picture of terror. No traveller dared to show himself on the main roa…
16th Century
Protestant
The roads are deserted. He now adds that “the roads” will be shut up, so that no one will go in or out, which commonly happens when war ha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The highways lie waste No man walking in them, for fear of the enemy; "the ways of Zion", which are said to "mourn, …
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 c…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Woe to you who plunder. In this part, the prophet begins to foretell the destruction of Israel’s enemies. This is presented in t…
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