World English Bible
"who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!"
— Isaiah 5:23, World English Bible
“Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”
“that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! ”
“They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.”
“That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.”
“Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.”
“Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”
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!
Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore Yahweh's anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.