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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 

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.



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