John Calvin Commentary Isaiah 59:7

"Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths." — Isaiah 59:7 (ASV)

Their feet run to evil. In various ways, he paints for us the picture of what may be called extreme wickedness: that is, when people, having shaken off and rejected the fear of God, throw themselves into every kind of wickedness and break out into all cruelty, extortion, and outrage. He says that they run because they are eager and hasten with excessive keenness to evil actions.

Having formerly spoken of the “hands” and the “tongues,” he likewise adds the feet to show that they are proficient in every kind of villainy, and that no part of their body is entirely free from crime. Some are violent but restrain their tongues. Others resemble harpies but are satisfied with the first prey they encounter. But the Prophet says that his countrymen are swift of foot to commit robberies.

Wasting and destruction are in their paths. He means that, wherever they go, they will resemble wild beasts, which seize and devour whatever they encounter, leaving nothing behind, so that by their terrifying attack, they drive away every kind of animal from daring to approach them. Pliny uses the same comparison when speaking of Domitian, whose arrival was like that of a savage beast. The same thing happens with other violent men, whom everyone avoids as wild beasts. And in this manner, their ways are made desolate and solitary, as no one has any dealings with them.