Isaiah 59:8

the way of well-being, have they not known, And there is no justice in their tracks,—Their paths, have they made crooked for themselves, None who treadeth therein knoweth well—being.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, to mischief, do run, And they speed to shed innocent blood,—Their devices, are devices of iniquity, Wasting and destruction, are in their high roads;

9For this cause, hath justice removed far from us, And righteousness overtaketh us not,—We wait for light, But lo! darkness, For brightness, In thick darkness, we walk:

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Cross References

Psalms 58:1Are ye, indeed, silent [when] righteousness, ye should speak? When, with equity, ye should judge, O ye sons of men?

Proverbs 2:13From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 3:17Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace;

Proverbs 28:18He that walketh with integrity, shall be saved, but, he that is crooked, turning two ways, shall fall in one.

Isaiah 48:22No well-being, saith Yahweh to the lawless,

Isaiah 59:14So then there hath been a driving back of justice, And righteousness, afar off, standeth,—For truth, hath stumbled in the broad-way, And, right, 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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