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Isaiah 59:7 Meaning

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.

Context Explained

5They 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.

6Their 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.

7Their 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.

8The 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.

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

Key Themes

evilviolenceiniquitydestruction

Related Cross References

  • Romans 3:15-17

    Paul echoes the themes of running towards evil and the absence of peace.

  • Proverbs 4:16-17

    Proverbs discusses the wickedness of those who pursue evil, similar to Isaiah.

  • Matthew 5:21-22

    Jesus expands on the seriousness of anger and violence in the heart.

Source: Isaiah 59:7