Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 33:8
broken . . . covenant—When Sennacherib invaded Judea, Hezekiah paid him a large sum to leave the land; Sennacherib received the money and yet sent his army against Jerusalem (II Kings 18:14, II Kings 18:17).
despised—make slight of as unable to resist him (Isaiah 10:9; Isaiah 36:19); easily captures them.
Isaiah 33:7-9
From the vision of future glory Isaiah returns to the disastrous present; the grief of "the valiant ones" (parallel to, and identical with, "the ambassadors of peace"), men of rank, sent with presents to sue for peace, but standing "without" the enemy's camp, their suit being rejected (II Kings 18:14, II Kings 18:18, II Kings 18:37). The highways deserted through fear, the cities insulted, the lands devastated.
cry— (Isaiah 15:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 33:8:
Leviticus 26:22
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