Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Job 17:12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
Isaiah 32:5No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Malachi 2:17You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” 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 →