Isaiah 59:8

Peace Sin

⁶ Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

⁷ Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.

⁹ Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

¹⁰ Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
KJV: 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.
WEB: They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
ASV: The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.
DARBY: the way of peace they know not, and there is no judgment in their goings; they have made their paths crooked: whoso goeth therein knoweth not peace.
BLB: The way of peace they have not known, and no justice [is] in their tracks; their paths they have made crooked for themselves—everyone treading on it has not known peace.

ÅB: Fredens vei kjenner de ikke, og det er ingen rett i deres spor; sine stier gjør de krokete; hver den som treder på dem, vet ikke av fred.
OTB: De kjenner ikke fredens vei, og det er ingen rettferdighet på deres stier. De har gjort sine veier krokete; den som går på dem, finner ikke fred.
B1930: Fredens vei kjenner de ikke, og det er ingen rett i deres spor; sine stier gjør de krokete; hver den som treder på dem, vet ikke av fred.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 57:20–21
But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
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Romans 3:17
and the way of peace they have not known.”
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Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
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Luke 1:79
to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
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Psalms 58:1–2
Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
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Hosea 4:1–2
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
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Jeremiah 5:1
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
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Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
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