Isaiah 59:8

"Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths."

Key Reflection

In this passage, Isaiah describes a society deeply entrenched in wickedness, where individuals not only engage in evil deeds but actively pursue them with urgency. Their thoughts and actions reflect a relentless commitment to sin, leading inevitably to destruction and harm along their path.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The way of peace they know not -The phrase ‘way of peace’ may denote either peace of conscience, peace with God, peace among themselves, or peace with their fellow-men. Possibly it may refer to all these; and the sense will be, that in their whole lives they were strangers to true contentment and happiness. From no quarter had they peace, but whether in relation to God, to their own consciences, to each other, or to their fellow-men, they were involved in continual strife and agitation (see the notes atIsaiah 57:20-21). And there is no judgment in their goings -Margin, ‘Right.’ The sense is, that there was no justice in their dealings. there was no disposition to do right.

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