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Isaiah 5:20
New English Translation
Isaiah 5:20
New English Translation
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]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:20 tn Heb “Woe [to] those who call.” See the note at v. 8.
- 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.
Isaiah 5:20
Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 5:20
Christian Standard Bible
20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,(A)
who substitute darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who substitute bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.
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