Isaiah 59:8 - Exposition

The way of peace they know not . They have no desire for "peace," and neither "seek" it nor "ensue" it ( 1 Peter 3:11 ). Peace can only be obtained through righteousness ( Isaiah 32:17 ). There is no judgment in their goings; rather, no justice— no recognition of other men's rights, no endeavour to observe right in their own acts and proceedings (comp. Isaiah 59:4 ; and see also Isaiah 1:17 , Isaiah 1:21 , Isaiah 1:23 ; Isaiah 3:14 , Isaiah 3:15 , etc .). They have made them crooked paths (comp. Proverbs 2:15 ; Proverbs 10:9 ; Proverbs 28:6 ). The way that leadeth to life is straight. They have wandered from it, and made for themselves "crooked" paths, which can only lead to destruction. In such paths there neither is nor can be "peace."