Isaías 59:7

7 Sus pies corren al mal, y se apresuran para derramar sangre inocente; sus pensamientos, pensamientos de iniquidad; destrucción y quebrantamiento son sus caminos

Isaías 59:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil
Make haste to commit all manner of sin, and particularly that which follows, with great eagerness and swiftness, taking delight and pleasure therein, and continuing in it; it is their course of life. The words seem to be taken out of ( Proverbs 1:16 ) and are quoted with the following by the Apostle Paul, ( Romans 3:15-17 ) to prove the general corruption of mankind: and they make haste to shed innocent blood:
in wars abroad or at home, in quarrels and riots, or through the heat of persecution; which if it does not directly touch men's lives, yet issues in the death of many that fall under the power of it; and which persecutors are very eager and hasty in the prosecution of. The phrase fitly describes their temper and conduct: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity:
their thoughts are continually devising things vain and sinful in themselves, unprofitable to them, and pernicious to others: their thoughts, words, and actions being evil; their tongue, lips, hands, and feet being employed in sin, show their general depravity: wasting and destruction are in their paths:
they waste and destroy all they meet with in their ways, their fellow creatures and their substance; and the ways they walk in lead to ruin and destruction, which will be their portion for evermore.

Isaías 59:7 In-Context

5 Ponen huevos de áspides, y tejen telas de arañas; el que comiere de sus huevos, morirá; y si lo apretaren, saldrá un basilisco

6 Sus telas no servirán para vestir, ni de sus obras serán cubiertos; sus obras son obras de violencia, y obra de iniquidad está en sus manos

7 Sus pies corren al mal, y se apresuran para derramar sangre inocente; sus pensamientos, pensamientos de iniquidad; destrucción y quebrantamiento son sus caminos

8 No conocieron camino de paz; ni hay derecho en sus caminos; sus veredas torcieron a sabiendas, cualquiera que por ellas fuere, no conocerá paz

9 Por esto se alejó de nosotros el juicio, y justicia nunca nos alcanzó, esperamos luz, y he aquí tinieblas, resplandores y andamos en oscuridad