Isaiah 5:20
Hoy unto them that call rah tov, 1 and tov rah; 1 that put choshech for ohr, 1 and ohr for choshech; 1 that put mar for matok, 1 and matok for mar! 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21Hoy unto them that are chachamim in their own eyes, 1 and clever in their own sight! 1
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a devar sheker (false matter); and the naki (innocent) and tzaddik slay thou not; for I will not acquit the rashah.
Job 17:12They change the lailah into yom; 1 the ohr is near to choshech, say they. 1
Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the rashah, 1 and he that condemneth the tzaddik, 1 even they both are to'evah to Hashem. 1
Isaiah 32:5The naval (foolish person) shall be no more called noble, 1 nor the scoundrel said to be honorable. 1
Amos 5:7Ye who turn mishpat into wormwood, 1 and cast tzedakah to the ground. 1
Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied Hashem with your devarim. 1 Yet ye say: Wherein have we wearied Him? 1 When ye say: Everyone that doeth rah 1 is tov in the sight of Hashem, 1 and in them Hashem finds chafetz; 1 or: Where is Elohei HaMishpat?
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 →