Isaiah 59:8 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
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.
10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
John 14:27
Jesus offers peace that the world cannot give, contrasting the lack of peace in Isaiah.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trusting in the Lord for guidance contrasts the crooked paths mentioned.
Matthew 7:13-14
Jesus speaks of the narrow way leading to life, contrasting with the crooked paths.
Source: Isaiah 59:8