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Isaiah 5:20

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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 

Isaiah 5:23

Context

5:23 They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff,

they ignore the just cause of the innocent. 3 

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[5:20]  1 tn Heb “Woe [to] those who call.” See the note at v. 8.

[5:20]  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.

[5:23]  3 tn Heb “and the just cause of the innocent ones they turn aside from him.”



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