Isaiah 5:20

Easy To Read Version

Those people say that good things are bad, and bad things are good. Those people think light is darkness, and darkness is light. Those people think sour is sweet, and sweet is sour.

Cross References

Job 17:12

But my friends are all mixed up.\par They think night is day.\par They think darkness drives away\par the light.\par

Exodus 23:7

“Be very careful if you say that a person is guilty of something. Don’t make false charges against a person. Never allow an innocent person to be killed as punishment for something he did not do. Any person who kills an innocent man is evil, and I will not pardon (forgive) that person.

Proverbs 17:15

The Lord hates these two things—punishing someone that has done nothing wrong, and forgiving someone that is guilty.

Proverbs 4:17

Those people can’t live without doing evil and hurting other people.

Isaiah 24:9

People don’t sing happy songs while they drink their wine. The beer now tastes bitter to the person drinking it.

Isaiah 29:21

(Those people lie about good people. They try to trap people in court. They try to destroy innocent people.)

Isaiah 30:10

They tell the prophets, “Don’t see dreams {\cf2\super [278]} about things we should do! Don’t tell us the truth! Say nice things to us and make us feel good! See only good things for us!

Isaiah 32:5

Foolish people would not be called great men. People would not respect men that make secret plans.

Ezekiel 13:19

You make the people think I am not important. You turn them against me for a few handfuls of barley and a few scraps of bread. You tell lies to my people. Those people love to listen to lies. You kill people that should live. And you let people live that should die.

Micah 3:2

But you hate good and love evil!\par You tear the skin off the people.\par You tear the flesh off their bones!\par

Habakkuk 1:4

The law is weak and not fair to people. Evil people win their fights against good people. So, the law is no longer fair. Justice doesn’t win anymore!

Malachi 3:15

We think proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They do bad things to test God’s patience—and God does not punish them.”

Luke 16:15

Jesus said to the Pharisees, “You make yourselves look good in front of people. But God knows what is really in your hearts. The things that people think are important are worth nothing to God.

Deuteronomy 25:1

“When two people have an argument, they should go to the court. The judges will decide which person is right and which person is wrong.

2 Peter 2:1

In the past there were false prophets {\cf2\super [6]} among \{God’s\} people. It is the same now. You will have some false teachers in your group. They will teach things that are wrong—teachings that will make people be lost. And those false teachers will teach in a way that will be hard for you to see that they are wrong. They will even refuse to accept the Master (Jesus) who bought their freedom. And so they will quickly destroy themselves.