Isaiah 45:7
I am he that prepared light, and formed darkness; who make peace, and create evil; I am the Lord God, that does all these things.
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Genesis 1:17And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,
Exodus 14:20And it went between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and stood; and there was darkness and blackness; and the night passed, and they came not near to one another during the whole night.
Job 2:10But he looked on her, and said to her, Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things? In all these things that happened to him, Job sinned not at all with his lips before God.
Job 34:29And he will give quiet, and who will condemn? and he will hide his face, and who shall see him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man also:
Psalms 29:11The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; the Lord is become my helper.
Psalms 75:7At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, the riders on horses slumbered.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:6-11
The Divine Dominion. ( b. c. 708.) 5 I am the Lord , and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord , and there is none else. 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth… Read the whole commentary →