Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Isaiah 5
3 songs meet this passage
“There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin”
Take Me to Church · Hozier
strains against Isaiah 5:20
Calling sin 'innocence' and finding cleanness in it inverts moral language exactly as Isaiah warns against calling evil good and darkness light.
“There was never wrong 'til there was right”
Bones · Imagine Dragons
strains against Isaiah 5:20
This line flirts with moral relativism, which stands against the warning not to blur the line between good and evil.
“I feel somethin' so right doin' the wrong thing”
Counting Stars · OneRepublic
strains against Isaiah 5:20
The lyric's blurring of right and wrong as interchangeable feelings stands in tension with the warning against calling evil good and good evil.
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