Isaiah 5:20 (WEB)
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!
Fathers and councils · 14
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.75Book II
“…may follow strong drink;” and, “Woe unto them that draw their sins after them as with a long rope;” and, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;” and, “Woe unto those of you who are mighty to drink wine;” and innumerable other passages of the same kind.” — editor's note: Isa. v. 20.
Read the whole comment - Origen, Against Celsus VI.67Book VI
“…exposing himself to the woe well described by the prophet Isaiah in the following manner: “Woe unto them that put darkness for light, and light for darkness.”” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. v. 20.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“So unbridled is their madness, that they declare they have in their power all things which are irreligious and impious, and are at liberty to practise them; for they maintain that things are evil or good, simply in virtue of human opinion.” — editor's note: [Isa. v. 20. Horne Tooke derives our word Truth from what any one troweth.]
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Gregory of Nyssa
““Woe unto him,” says Isaiah, “that calls darkness light, and light darkness, that calls bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.”” — editor's note: Is. v. 20.
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Justin Martyr
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put light for darkness, and darkness for light; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!’” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18, 20.
Read the whole comment“And for all this they have not repented, but their hand is still high.’” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18–25.
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Jerome
“Those, however, who are led by some perversity in their dispositions to conceive for him too much fondness or too much aversion seem to me to lie under the curse of the Prophet:—“Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”” — editor's note: Is. v. 20.
Read the whole comment““Woe,” says Isaiah, “unto them that call evil good and good evil; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 20.
Read the whole comment“For I know that one curse hangs over those who call evil good and over those who call good evil, over those who put bitter for sweet, and over those who put sweet for bitter.” — editor's note: Isa. v. 20.
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Tertullian
“For when Isaiah hurls denunciation against our very heretics, especially in his “Woe to them that call evil good, and put darkness for light,” he of course sets his mark upon those amongst you who preserve not in the words they employ the light of their true significance, (by taking care) that the…” — editor's note: Isa. v. 20.
Read the whole comment““But woe to them who turn sweet into bitter, and light into darkness.”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 20.
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Augustine of Hippo
“We must, however, beware of incurring the prophetic condemnation: “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.”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 20
Read the whole comment“But one who believes a bad man to be good, and yet suffers no injury, is nothing the worse for being deceived, nor does he fall under the prophetic denunciation: “Woe to those who call evil good!”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 20
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Clement of Alexandria
“The liars and the proud, too, He threatens; the former thus: “Woe to them that call bitter sweet, and sweet bitter;” and the latter: “Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight.”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 20, 21.
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Cross-references · 27
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 24.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 24.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 17.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.75.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.25.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 17.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 13.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.25.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.25.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 1.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.25.
Cited together in Letters Letter 85.
Cited together in Letters Letter 85.
Cited together in Letters Letter 62.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 1.
Cited together in Letters Letter 85.
Cited together in Letters Letter 85.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.75.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.75.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 17 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.