Isaiah 59:8

Of the Derech Shalom they have no da'as; 1 and there is no mishpat (justice) in their circuits; 1 they have made themselves crooked roads; 1 whosoever walketh thereon shall not know shalom. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 raglayim (feet) run to rah, 1 and they make haste for shefach dahm naki (blood shed of the innocent); 1 their machsh'vot (thoughts) are machsh'vot of aven (wickedness); 1 shod (desolation) and shever (destruction) are on their highways. 1

9Therefore is mishpat (justice) far from us, 1 neither doth tzedakah overtake us; 1 we wait for ohr, but, hinei, choshech; 1 for negohot (brightness), but we walk in gloom. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 58:1(For the one directing. Set to Do Not Destroy. Mikhtam Dovid) 1

Proverbs 2:13Who leaving the orkhot yosher (paths of uprightness), 1 walk in the drakhei choshech (ways of darkness); 1

Proverbs 3:17Her drakhim are drakhim of pleasantness, 1 and all her netivot (trodden paths) are shalom. 1

Proverbs 28:18He who walketh tamim (blamelessly) shall be saved, 1 but he that is perverse in his drakhim shall fall suddenly. 1

Isaiah 48:22There is no shalom, saith Hashem, 1 unto the resha'im.

Isaiah 59:14And mishpat (justice) is turned back, 1 and tzedakah (righteousness) standeth afar off; 1 for emes (truth) is fallen in the rechov (street), 1 and nacho'ach (honesty) cannot enter. 1

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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