Brenton Septuagint Translation Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter. Contemporary English Version You are headed for trouble! You say wrong is right, darkness is light, and bitter is sweet. Douay-Rheims Bible Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. English Revised Version Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Good News Translation You are doomed! You call evil good and call good evil. You turn darkness into light and light into darkness. You make what is bitter sweet, and what is sweet you make bitter. International Standard Version "How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter!
NET Bible Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter. New Heart English Bible Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
Bible Verses about Calling Good Evil and Evil Good Isaiah Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight!
Romans Because the carnal mind is enmity against God ; for it is not subject to the law of God , nor indeed can be. Genesis For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
Likewise, when someone speaks out against these objective evils and in support of things that are good, beautiful, and orderly, those things as well as the person defending them are labeled as evil and oppressive.
Why is this? Isaiah points out the dire state of those who call evil good and good evil. The prophet might as well have written this in our current era, as this is exactly what we see all around us. The operative philosophy of modern society is radical subjectivism. The Modernist cannot abide the existence of objective truth, and thus denies its very existence.
Once one denies the existence of objective truth, it is a very small step to rejecting objective morals, ethics, and goodness. In viewing truth not as objective reality, but subjective preference, they move moral and ethical considerations to the arena of the purely speculative, to the subjective and abstract. Truth then becomes a matter of individual preference or belief and does not need to be grounded in reality. Thus, one cannot possibly make any truth claims with regard to morals and ethics, which means goodness is also a matter of personal opinion or preference.
Or, so they will argue, we cannot condemn another culture or people on the basis of morality, since morals are purely cultural, and just because we hold to a different morality, this does not mean the morals or lack thereof of another culture are objectively wrong or evil.
Undoubtedly, if one then raises the issue of the Holocaust, these Modernists have absolutely no ground for saying the actions of the Nazis were evil. After all, it was just their culture at that time, or their sincerely held belief that Jews were dangerous. Morally, they are drifting aimlessly without compass or guide. Still another way that evil is called good is for the conscience to be perverted, and certainly our consciences today are perverted.
But right is right even if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong. God does not change the moral law to suit our behavior. Hazen G. John Doe, the cheating on exams, the usual exaggerations in conversation and the common immoralities of our times.
The modern conscience has been twisted and distorted so badly that it is difficult to tell what is genuine and what is false. Self-centeredness is another reason we are so inclined to call evil good. When something brings profit or pleasure to us, we are inclined to call it good, even if we know it is dead wrong.
In other words, we want God to be our servant. Also, through a popular technique called rationalization, we find it easy to call evil good. How easy it is to place the blame on others, on circumstances or on fate. We call evil good. Our Lord is impatient with our tendency to rationalize our evil and call it good. The Pharisee kidded himself into thinking he was something when he was not.
He was skilled in the ancient—and modern—art of rationalization. How can we get our values straightened out?
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