Isaiah 45:7
I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am the LORD, who does all these things.
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Genesis 1:17God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
Exodus 14:20It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by night. One didn’t come near the other all night.
Job 2:10But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
Psalms 29:11The LORD will give strength to his people. The LORD will bless his people with peace.
Psalms 75:7But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
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 →