Isaiah 5:20
Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
21Woe to them that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.
Job 17:12I have turned the night into day: 1 The light is short because of darkness. 1
Proverbs 17:15He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, 1 Is unclean and abominable with God. 1
Isaiah 32:5And they shall no more at all tell a fool to rule, and thy servants shall no more at all say, Be silent.
Amos 5:7It is he that executes judgment in the height above, and he has established justice on the earth:
Malachi 2:17ye that have provoked God with your words. But ye said, Wherein have we provoked him? In that ye say, Every one that does evil is a pleasing object in the sight of the Lord, and he takes pleasure in such; and 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 →