Verse 20
Isaiah 5:20
Noah Webster Bible
20
Woe to 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!
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֣וֹי הָ/אֹמְרִ֥ים לָ/רַ֛ע ט֖וֹב וְ/לַ/טּ֣וֹב רָ֑ע שָׂמִ֨ים חֹ֤שֶׁךְ לְ/אוֹר֙ וְ/א֣וֹר לְ/חֹ֔שֶׁךְ שָׂמִ֥ים מַ֛ר לְ/מָת֖וֹק וּ/מָת֥וֹק לְ/מָֽר
English Translation
Woe to those who say to evil, "Good," and to good, "Evil," who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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Chapter 5 Context
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And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones of it, and planted it with the choicest vine, and buil...
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And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard...
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What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected that...
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And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thor...
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12
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Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable me...
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Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and the...
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18
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19
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it : and let the counsel of the H...
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20
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22
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Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
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Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, an...
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