Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a FALSE matter. And do not kill an innocent and righteous man, for I will not justify a wicked man.
Job 17:12They change the night into day. The light, [they say], is near to the darkness.
Proverbs 17:15He who justifies a wicked man, and he who condemns a righteous man, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.
Isaiah 32:5The fool shall no more be called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Amos 5:7Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied LORD with your words. Yet ye say, How have we wearied him? In that ye say, Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of LORD, and he delights in them, or Where is the God of justice?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30
Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →