Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; 1 who represent darkness as light, and light as darkness; 1 who represent bitter as sweet, and sweet as bitter! 1
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21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own understanding! 1
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Do not join others in making false accusations, and do not kill the innocent or righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Job 17:12These people, these mockers, change the night into day; 1 light is near to darkness. 1
Proverbs 17:15The person who acquits the wicked person and the person who condemns the righteous person— 1 both are an abomination to Yahweh. 1
Isaiah 32:5The fool will no longer be called honorable, nor the deceiver called principled. 1
Amos 5:7Those people turn justice into a bitter thing 1 and throw righteousness down to the ground!” 1
Malachi 2:17You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of Yahweh, and he delights 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 →