Isaiah 33:7

Look, ambassadors ¹  cry out in the streets; messengers sent to make peace ²  weep bitterly.

2Ki 18:18,37; 2Ki 19:1-3; Isa 36:3,22

¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown. Proposals include “heroes” (cf. KJV, ASV “valiant ones”; NASB, NIV “brave men”); “priests,” “residents [of Jerusalem].” The present translation assumes that the term is synonymous with “messengers of peace,” with which it corresponds in the parallel structure of the verse.

² tn Heb “messengers of peace,” apparently those responsible for negotiating the agreements that have been broken (see v. 8).