Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they know not, Nor is there any justice in their steps; They have made for themselves crooked paths; Whoso goeth in them knoweth not peace.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

In Context

7Their feet run to evil; They make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; Oppression and destruction are in their paths.

9Therefore is judgment far from us, And deliverance doth not overtake us. We look for light, and behold obscurity; For brightness, and we walk in darkness.

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Cross References

Psalms 58:1“For the leader of the music. To the tune of “Do not destroy.” A psalm of David.” Do ye, indeed, administer justice faithfully, ye mighty ones? Do ye judge with uprightness, ye sons of men?

Proverbs 2:13Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

Proverbs 28:18He who walketh uprightly shall be safe; But he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Isaiah 48:22There is no peace, saith Jehovah, for the wicked.”

Isaiah 59:14And justice is turned back, And equity standeth afar off, For truth falleth in the gate, And rectitude cannot enter.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:2-9

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak… Read the whole commentary →

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