Isaiah 5:20
Woe to 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!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own conceit!
Cross References
Job 17:12Night hath become day to me; The light bordereth on darkness.
Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, And he that condemneth the just, Both alike are an abomination to the LORD.
Isaiah 32:5The vile shall no more be called liberal, Nor the niggard said to be bountiful;
Amos 5:7Ye who turn justice into wormwood, And cast righteousness down to the ground.
Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words; Yet ye say, “Wherein have we wearied him?” In that ye say, “Every one of them that do evil Is good in the sight of Jehovah, And in them he hath delight”; 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 →