Isaiah 5:20 · KJV
“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! {call...: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc}”
— Isaiah 5:20
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}!
Woe unto {them that are} wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! {in their own sight: Heb. before their face}
Isaiah 5 — Context
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
19That 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}!
20Woe 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! {call...: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc}
21Woe unto {them that are} wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! {in their own sight: Heb. before their face}
22Woe unto {them that are} mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Cross References
Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both {are} abomination to the LORD.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Luke 16:15
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Malachi 2:17
Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied {him}? When 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?
Job 17:12
They change the night into day: the light {is} short because of darkness. {short: Heb. near}
Matthew 6:22-23
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Amos 5:7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,