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Their webs will not become a garment,
Nor will they (A)cover themselves with their works;
Their (B)works are works of wickedness,
And a (C)deed of violence is in their [a]hands.
(D)Their feet run to evil,
And they are quick to shed innocent blood;
(E)Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness;
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
They do not know the (F)way of peace,
And there is (G)no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
(H)Whoever treads on [b]them does not know peace.

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  1. Isaiah 59:6 Lit palms
  2. Isaiah 59:8 Lit it

Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
    they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(A)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
    and acts of violence(B) are in their hands.
Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(C)
They pursue evil schemes;(D)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(E)
The way of peace they do not know;(F)
    there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(G)
    no one who walks along them will know peace.(H)

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