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Isaiah 59:7

Sin

5 They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

8 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.

9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
KJV
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
WEB
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.
ASV
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
DARBY
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;
BLB
Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity—ruin and destruction [are] in their paths!
ÅB
Deres føtter haster til det onde og er snare til å utøse uskyldig blod; deres tanker er ondskaps tanker; det er ødeleggelse og undergang på deres veier.
OTB
Deres føtter løper til det onde, og de er raske til å utøse uskyldig blod. Deres tanker er tanker om misgjerning; ødeleggelse og undergang er på deres veier.
B1930
Deres føtter haster til det onde og er snare til å utøse uskyldig blod; deres tanker er ondskaps tanker; det er ødeleggelse og undergang på deres veier.

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