Isaiah 5:20
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!
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
21Woe unto them that are wise their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Job 17:12They change the night into a day: the fight, say they, is near unto the darkness.
Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
Isaiah 32:5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Amos 5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth;
Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; 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 →