Isaiah 59:7

“Their feet run to evil, &c.] 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 (<200116>Proverbs 1:16) and are quoted with the following by the Apostle Paul, (<450315>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…”

“feet--All their members are active in evil; in Isa 59:3, the "hands, fingers, lips, and tongue," are specified. run . . . haste-- (Rom 3:15). Contrast David's "running and hasting" in the ways of God (Psa 119:32, Psa 119:60). thoughts--not merely their acts, but their whole thoughts.”

“Their feet run to evil - In accordance with the design of the prophet to show the entireness of their depravity, he states that all their members were employed in doing evil. In Isaiah 59:3-6. he had remarked that depravity had extended to their hands, their fingers, their lips, and their tongue; he here states that their feet also were employed in doing evil. Instead of treading the paths of righteousness, and hastening to execute purposes of mercy and justice, they were employed in journeyings to execute plans of iniquity. The words ‘run,’ and ‘make haste,’ are designed to intimate the intensity of their purpose to do wrong. They did not walk slowly; they did not even take time to…”

“Wasting - They meditate on little or nothing else. Paths - In what way or work soever they are engaged, it all tends to ruin and destruction. Isaiah 59:8”

“59:7-8 Paul quotes from these verses in his description of the depravity of all people (Rom 3:15-17). • Misery and destruction: The people lamented being victims of oppression (Isa 51:19), yet they were oppressors themselves.”

“feet: Pro 1:16, Pro 6:17; Rom 3:15 and they: Isa 59:3; Jer 22:17; Lam 4:13; Eze 9:9, Eze 22:6; Mat 23:31-37; Rev 17:6 their thoughts: Pro 15:26, Pro 24:9; Mar 7:21, Mar 7:22; Act 8:20-22 wasting: Isa 60:18; Rom 3:16 destruction: Heb. breaking Isaiah 59:8”

“This evil doing of theirs rises even to hatred, the very opposite of that love which is well-pleasing to God. "Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness; wasting and destruction are in their paths." Paul has interwoven this passage into his description of the universal corruption of morals, in Rom 3:15-17. The comparison of life to a road, and of a man's conduct to walking, is very common in proverbial sayings. The prophet has here taken from them both his simile and his expressions. We may see from Isa 59:7, that during the captivity the true believers were persecuted even to death by their countrymen, who had forgotten God. The…”