Thematic Bible: Palliation of


Thematic Bible



He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him;



Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law strive with them.

Woe 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!

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Because you disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have encouraged the wicked not to turn from his wicked way and preserve his life,