Romans 3:15

15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Romans 3:15 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 3:15

Their feet are swift to shed blood.
] The sins of the heart and mouth are before described, and now the sins of action are taken notice of; for "the feet" are the instruments of motion and action: and when these are said to be "swift to shed blood", it denotes the readiness and eagerness of men, to murder innocent creatures; which shows the dreadful malice and hatred that is in them. The words are cited from ( Isaiah 59:7 ) , and seem to point at the times of Manasseh, who shed so much innocent blood, as to fill Jerusalem with it from one end to the other.

Romans 3:15 In-Context

13 "Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of asps is under their lips,"

14 "whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."

15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16 destruction and misery are in their ways,

17 and the way of peace have they not known."