Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them 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!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.
Job 17:12They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness.
Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.
Isaiah 32:5The vile man shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful:
Amos 5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, and ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
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 →