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Isaiah 5:20
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20 Beware, those who call evil good and good evil,[a]
who turn darkness into light and light into darkness,
who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.[b]

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  1. Isaiah 5:20 tn Heb “Woe [to] those who call.” See the note at v. 8.
  2. Isaiah 5:20 sn In this verse the prophet denounces the perversion of moral standards. Darkness and bitterness are metaphors for evil; light and sweetness symbolize uprightness.
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Isaiah 5:20
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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!

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Isaiah 5:20
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20 Woe(A) to those who call evil good(B)
    and good evil,(C)
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,(D)
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter.(E)

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