Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Cross References
Exodus 23:7“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
Job 17:12They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
Proverbs 17:15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
Isaiah 32:5The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
Amos 5:7You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
Malachi 2:17You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s sight, 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 →