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Isaiah 45:7

I form ohr, and create choshech; 1 I make shalom, and create rah; 1 I Hashem worketh all these things. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

In Context

6That they may know from the rising of the shemesh, 1 even to the ma'arav (west, setting place of the sun), 1 that there is none apart from Me. 1 I am Hashem, and there is no other. + 45:6 Elohim 1

8Cause [the rain] to trickle down, ye Shomayim, from above, 1 and let the blue sky pour down tzedek; 1 let eretz open, 1 and let Yesha (salvation) blossom, 1 and let tzedakah (righteousness) tatzmiach (spring up; Tzemach) together; 1 I Hashem have created it. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 1:17And Elohim set them in the raki'a of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Exodus 14:20And it came between the machaneh Mitzrayim and the Machaneh Yisroel; there was the anan bringing choshech to the Egyptians, but bringing light by night to Yisroel; so that none came near the other, kol halailah.

Job 2:10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the nevalot (foolish women) speaketh. What? Shall we receive hatov from Elohim, and shall we not accept harah? In all this did not Iyov sin in what he said.

Job 34:29When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? 1 When He hideth His panim, who then can behold Him? 1 Whether it be a nation, or an individual only? 1

Psalms 29:11Hashem will give oz (strength) unto His people; 1 Hashem will bless His people with shalom.

Psalms 75:7For promotion cometh lo (not) from the east, 1 nor from the west, nor from the desert. 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 →

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