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, 1 Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women. 1 If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things? 1 In all these things that happened to him, 1 Job sinned not at all with his lips before God. 1
Job 34:29And he will give quiet, and who will condemn? 1 And he will hide his face, and who shall see him? 1 Whether it be done against a nation, or against a man also: 1
Psalms 29:11The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; 1 The Lord is become my helper. 1
Psalms 75:7At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, 1 The riders on horses slumbered. 1
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 →