Isaiah 5:20

Woe to you 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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

19That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

21Woe to you that rue wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:7Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.

Job 17:12They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.

Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.

Isaiah 32:5The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:

Amos 5:7You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,

Malachi 2:17You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely 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 →

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