Isaiah 5:20
Woe [to] those saying to evil “good,” and to good “evil,” || Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, || Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21Woe [to] the wise in their own eyes, || And—before their own faces—intelligent!
Cross References
Exodus 23:7you keep far off from a false matter, and you do not slay an innocent and righteous man; for I do not justify a wicked man.
Job 17:12They appoint night for day, || Light [is] near because of darkness.
Proverbs 17:15Whoever is justifying the wicked, || And condemning the righteous, || Even both of these [are] an abomination to YHWH.
Isaiah 32:5A fool is no more called “noble,” || And to a miser it is not said, “rich”;
Amos 5:7You who are turning judgment to wormwood, || And have put down righteousness to the earth!”
Malachi 2:17You have wearied YHWH with your words, || And you have said, “In what have we wearied Him?” In your saying, “Every evildoer [is] good in the eyes of YHWH, || And He is delighting 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 →