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NASB					Is 5:20 Woe¹⁹⁴⁵ to those who ^Acall⁵⁵⁹ evil^7451b good^2896b, and good^2896b evil^7451b; Who ¹ ^Bsubstitute⁷⁷⁶⁰ darkness²⁸²² for light²¹⁶ and light²¹⁶ for darkness²⁸²²; Who ¹substitute⁷⁷⁶⁰ bitter⁴⁷⁵¹ for sweet⁴⁹⁶⁶ and sweet⁴⁹⁶⁶ for bitter⁴⁷⁵¹!
AMPLIFIED 2015					Is 5:20 Woe (judgment is coming) to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

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Prov 17:15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Job 17:12 "They make night into day, saying,
'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.

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216

or (21c); from 215; a light:--broad(1), dawn(1), dawn*(1), daylight(1), daylight*(1), early morning(1), light(105), lightning(5), lights(2), sun(1), sunlight(1), sunshine(1).

559

amar (55c); a prim. root; to utter, say:--address(1), advised(1), answer(2), answered(50), answers(1), ask(2), asked(4), asking(1), Asserting(1), assigned(1), call(2), called(4), command(1), commanded(14), commanded to say(1), commands(3), consider(1), continued(2), decided(2), declare*(1), declared(2), declared*(1), declares(1), demonstrates(1), designate(1), desired(1), follows(2), gave an order(2), gave the order(2), gave orders(2), indeed say(1), informed(1), intend(2), intended(1), intending(1), meditate(1), mentioned(1), name(1), namely(2), news(1), ordered(6), plainly says(1), promised(6), proposing(2), really thought(1), repeated*(1), replied*(1), requested(1), resolved(3), responded*(7), said(2766), said*(2), say(601), saying(862), saying*(1), says(594), sent word(1), speak(29), speak to you saying(1), speaking(2), speaks(2), specifically say(1), specified(1), spoke(77), spoken(15), still say(1), suppose(1), tell(23), telling(2), tells(1), think(1), thinking(2), thought(17), told(25), utters(1), vaunt(1).

1945

hoy (222d); a prim. interj.; ah! alas! ha!:--Ah(2), alas(11), ho(2), ho there(1), woe(34).

2822

choshek (365a); from 2821; darkness, obscurity:--dark(5), darkness(73), obscurity(2).

2896b

tob (375a); from 2895; a good thing, benefit, welfare:--enjoy*(1), good(66), good thing(3), good things(2), goodness(1), graciously(1), happiness(1), happy(1), pleasant(1), prosperity(8), richer(1), well(1), what is good(1), what is good(4).

4751

mar or
marah (600c); from 4843; bitter, bitterness:--bitter(15), bitter thing(1), bitterly(4), bitterness(11), discontented*(1), embittered(1), fierce(1), fierce*(2), great bitterness(1), greatly distressed(1).

4966

mathoq or
mathuq (608d); from 4985; sweet, sweetness:--pleasant(2), something sweet(1), sweet(7), sweeter(2).

7451b

ra (948c); from the same as 7455; evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity:--adversity(7), calamity(4), disaster(2), evil(94), harm(2), harmful(1), hurt(1), ruin(3), surely(1), trouble(2), unpleasant(1), wickedly(1), wickedness(1).

7760

sum or
sim (962c); a prim. root; to put, place, set:--appoint(9), appointed(9), assign(1), assigned(2), attached(1), bestowed(1), bring(1), brought(1), care*(2), changes(2), charge*(1), charged(1), charges(2), consider(4), consider*(6), considered*(2), determine*(1), determined(1), disguises*(1), establish(3), established(5), establishes(1), establishment(1), expected*(1), fasten(1), fix(1), formed and made(1), gave(2), give(7), grant(1), had(1), hunt*(1), impose(1), impress(1), impute(1), inflicted(1), insert(4), invoke(1), keeps(1), laid(19), lay(10), lay down(1), lays(1), leave(1), loaded(1), look*(2), made(45), make(67), makes(9), mark(3), named*(2), ordained(1), orders(1), paid(2), painted*(1), pay(1), pay attention(2), performed(3), place(15), placed(21), plant(1), prepare(1), preserve(1), put(123), puts(6), putting(2), really set(1), recite*(1), regard*(1), render(1), repaid(1), required(1), seized(1), seized*(2), serve(1), served(1), set(108), sets(3), shave*(1), shed(1), show(1), station(1), stationed(3), steadily(1), substitute(2), surely set(1), take(5), taken(1), takes(1), taking(1), throw(1), told*(1), took(3), transformed(1), treat(1), turn(1), turned(2), unobserved*(1), work(1), wrought(1).

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