Isaias 59:8

Filipino Cebuano Bible

8 Sila wala magpanghibalo sa dalan sa pakigdait; ug walay justicia sa ilang mga paglakaw-lakaw: sila managhimo alang kanila ug baliko nga mga dalan; bisan kinsa nga molakaw niini wala makaila sa pakigdait.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

way: Proverbs 3:17, Luke 1:79, Romans 3:17

no: Isaiah 59:14, Isaiah 59:15, Isaiah 5:7, Jeremiah 5:1, Hosea 4:1, Hosea 4:2, Amos 6:1-6, Matthew 23:23

judgment: or, right, Psalms 58:1, Psalms 58:2

crooked: Psalms 125:5, Proverbs 2:15, Proverbs 28:18

whosoever: Isaiah 48:22, Isaiah 57:20, Isaiah 57:21

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 17:1 - I will arise 2 Kings 9:18 - What hast thou to do Psalms 14:3 - all gone Isaiah 65:2 - which Ezekiel 7:25 - and they Romans 3:12 - They are Romans 3:15 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The way of peace they know not,.... Neither the way of peace with God, supposing it is to be made by man, and not by Christ; and are ignorant of the steps and methods taken to procure it; nor do they know the way of peace of conscience, or how to attain to that which is true and solid; nor the way to eternal peace and happiness, which is alone by Christ, and the Gospel of peace reveals, to which they are strangers; nor the way of peace among men, which they are unconcerned about, and do not seek after, make use of no methods to promote, secure, and establish it; but all the reverse:

and there is no judgment in their goings; no justice in their actions, in their dealings with men; no judgment in their religious duties, which are done without any regard to the divine rule, or without being able to give a reason for them; they have no judgment in matters of doctrine or worship; they have no discerning of true and false doctrines, and between that which is spiritual and superstitious in worship; they have no knowledge of the word of God, which should be their guide both in faith and practice; but this they do not attend unto:

they have made them crooked paths: they have devised paths and modes of worship of their own, in which they walk, and which they observe, that are not according to the rule of the word; but deviate from it; and so may be said to be crooked, as not agreeable to that:

whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace; the way of peace with God, as before; or he shall not have any experience of true, solid, and substantial peace in his own conscience now, and shall not attain to eternal peace hereafter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 at Isaiah 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. They were full of selfishness, falsehood, oppression, and cruelty.

They have made them crooked paths - A crooked path is an emblem of dishonesty, fraud, deceit. A straight path is an emblem of sincerity, truth, honesty, and uprightness (see Psalms 125:5; Proverbs 2:15; and the notes at Isaiah 40:4). The idea is, that their counsels and plans were perverse and evil. We have a similar expression now when we say of a man that he is ‘straightforward,’ meaning that he is an honest man.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 59:8. Whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace - "Whoever goeth in them knoweth not peace"] For בה bah, singular, read בם bam, plural, with the Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, and Chaldee. The ה he is upon a rasure in one MS. Or, for נתיבתיהם nethibotheyhem, plural, we must read נתיבתם nethibatham, singular, as it is in an ancient MS., to preserve the grammatical concord. - L.