Isaiah 5:20
Tragedy is coming to you who say evil is good, and good is evil; who turn darkness into light and light into darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.
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21Tragedy is coming to you who are wise in your own eyes and think you're so clever.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Don't have anything to do with making false accusations. Don't kill the innocent or those who do right, for I won't let the guilty go unpunished.
Job 17:12They turn night into day, and say that daylight is close to darkness.
Proverbs 17:15The Lord hates it when the wicked are acquitted and the innocent condemned.
Isaiah 32:5No longer will fools be called respectable or crooks highly-regarded.
Amos 5:7You twist justice and make it bitter, you throw integrity to the ground.
Malachi 2:17You have worn the Lord out with your words. “How have we worn him out?” you ask. By saying everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord and he is happy with them, or by asking, where is the Lord's 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 →