Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that change darkness into light, and light into darkness; that change bitter into sweet, and sweet into bitter!
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.
Job 17:12They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.
Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are an abomination to the LORD.
Isaiah 32:5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be noble.
Amos 5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast righteousness to the ground;
Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that ye say: 'Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delighteth 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 →