5:20 Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, 1
who turn darkness into light and light into darkness,
who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter. 2
59:7 They are eager to do evil, 3
quick to shed innocent blood. 4
Their thoughts are sinful;
they crush and destroy. 5
1 tn Heb “Woe [to] those who call.” See the note at v. 8.
2 sn In this verse the prophet denounces the perversion of moral standards. Darkness and bitterness are metaphors for evil; light and sweetness symbolize uprightness.
3 tn Heb “their feet run to evil.”
4 tn Heb “they quickly pour out innocent blood.”
5 tn Heb “their thoughts are thoughts of sin, destruction and crushing [are] in their roadways.”