Isa 33:8 | NET2full | STEP | Highways are empty ; there are no travelers . Treaties are broken ; witnesses are despised ; human life is treated with disrespect .

‏ Isaiah 33:8

8 Highways are empty; ^{▼▼tn Or “desolate” (NAB, NASB); NIV, NRSV, NLT “deserted.”}
there are no travelers. ^{▼▼tn Heb “the one passing by on the road ceases.”}
Treaties are broken; ^{▼▼tn Heb “one breaks a treaty”; NAB “Covenants are broken.”}
witnesses are despised; ^{▼▼tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “he despises cities.” The term עָרִים (ʿarim, “cities”) probably needs to be emended to an original עֵדִים (ʿedim, “[legal] witnesses”), a reading that is preserved in the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa. Confusion of dalet (ד) and resh (ר) is a well-attested scribal error.}
human life is treated with disrespect. ^{▼▼tn Heb “he does not regard human beings.”}