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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
New American Standard Bible

20 Woe to those who (A)call evil good, and good evil;
Who [a](B)substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who [b]substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

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