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Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.
Isaiah 45:7 · American Standard Version
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Isaiah 45:7 in other translations
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
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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In context
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird 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 besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
7 I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.
8 Distil, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.
9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
10 Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?
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