Yǐsaìyàshū 59:8

8 Píngān de lù , tāmen bù zhīdào . suǒ xíng de shì méiyǒu gōngping . tāmen wèi zìjǐ xiū wānqū de lù . fán xíng cǐ lù de , dōu bù zhīdào píngān .

Yǐsaìyàshū 59:8 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 59:8

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.

Yǐsaìyàshū 59:8 In-Context

6 Suǒ jié de wǎng , bùnéng chéngwéi yīfu , suǒ zuò de , yĕ bùnéng zhēgaì zìjǐ . tāmende xíngwéi dōu shì zuìniè , shǒu suǒ zuò de dōu shì qiángbào .

7 Tāmende jiǎo bēnpǎo xíng è , tāmen jísù liú wúgū rén de xuè . yìniàn dōu shì zuìniè . suǒ jīngguò de lù dōu huāngliáng huǐmiè .

8 Píngān de lù , tāmen bù zhīdào . suǒ xíng de shì méiyǒu gōngping . tāmen wèi zìjǐ xiū wānqū de lù . fán xíng cǐ lù de , dōu bù zhīdào píngān .

9 Yīncǐ gōngping lí wǒmen yuǎn , gōngyì zhuī bù shang wǒmen . wǒmen zhǐwang guāng liàng , què shì hēiàn . zhǐwang guāngmíng , què xíng yōuàn .

10 Wǒmen mó suǒ qiáng bì , hǎoxiàng xiāzi . wǒmen mó suǒ rútóng wú mù zhī rén . wǒmen shǎngwu bàn jiǎo , rú zaì huánghūn yíyàng . wǒmen zaì féizhuàng rén zhōng , xiàng sǐ rén yìbān .