Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things. New Living Translation I create the light and make the darkness. I send good times and bad times. I, the LORD, am the one who does these things. English Standard Version I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things. Berean Standard Bible I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things. King James Bible I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. New King James Version I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things.’ New American Standard Bible The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating disaster; I am the LORD who does all these things. NASB 1995 The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these. NASB 1977 The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these. Legacy Standard Bible The One forming light and creating darkness, Producing peace and creating calamity; I am Yahweh who does all these. Amplified Bible The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing peace and creating disaster; I am the LORD who does all these things. Christian Standard Bible I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I am the LORD, who does all these things. Holman Christian Standard Bible I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I, Yahweh, do all these things.” American Standard Version I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things. Contemporary English Version I create light and darkness, happiness and sorrow. I, the LORD, do all this. English Revised Version I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things. GOD'S WORD® Translation I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, the LORD, do all these things. Good News Translation I create both light and darkness; I bring both blessing and disaster. I, the LORD, do all these things. International Standard Version "I form light and create darkness, I make goodness and create disaster. I am the LORD, who does all these things. Majority Standard Bible I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things. NET Bible I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the LORD, who accomplishes all these things. New Heart English Bible I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am the LORD, who does all these things. Webster's Bible Translation I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. World English Bible I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionForming light, and creating darkness, "" Making peace, and creating calamity, "" I [am] YHWH, doing all these things. Young's Literal Translation Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I am Jehovah, doing all these things.' Smith's Literal Translation I shall form light and create darkness: making peace and creating evil: I Jehovah doing all these. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things. Catholic Public Domain Version I form the light and create the darkness. I make peace and create disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things. New American Bible I form the light, and create the darkness, I make weal and create woe; I, the LORD, do all these things. New Revised Standard Version I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe; I the LORD do all these things. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI form light and create darkness; I make peace and create hardship; I the LORD do all these things. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For he formed light and he created darkness, he made peace and he created evil. I AM LORD JEHOVAH, I who have done all these things OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Calls Cyrus…6so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. 7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things. 8Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.… Cross References Genesis 1:1-3 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. / Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. / And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Amos 3:6 If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? Job 2:10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said. Lamentations 3:38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High? Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. 1 Samuel 2:6-7 The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. / The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. Ecclesiastes 7:14 In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him. Jeremiah 18:6-10 “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. / At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. ... Daniel 4:35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’” Psalm 104:24-30 How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. / Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. / There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there. ... Psalm 75:6-7 For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert, / but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another. Romans 9:19-21 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?” / But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow. John 1:3 Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. Colossians 1:16-17 For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. Treasury of Scripture I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. form Genesis 1:3-5,17,18 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light… Psalm 8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; Psalm 104:20-23 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth… create darkness Exodus 10:21-23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt… Exodus 14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. I make Peace Isaiah 10:5,6 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation… Job 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. Job 34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: Jump to Previous Blessing Calamity Causing Create Creating Dark Darkness Disaster Evil Form Forming Giver Light Maker Making Peace Preparing Prosperity Sending Well-Being WoeJump to Next Blessing Calamity Causing Create Creating Dark Darkness Disaster Evil Form Forming Giver Light Maker Making Peace Preparing Prosperity Sending Well-Being WoeIsaiah 45 1. God calls Cyrus for his church's sake5. By his omnipotence he challenges obedience 20. He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power I form the light and create the darkness; This phrase emphasizes God's sovereignty over all creation. The imagery of light and darkness is prevalent throughout the Bible, often symbolizing good and evil, knowledge and ignorance, or order and chaos. In Genesis 1:3-4, God creates light, separating it from darkness, establishing His authority over the physical universe. The duality of light and darkness also appears in John 1:5, where light represents Christ and His truth overcoming the darkness of the world. This phrase underscores that God is the ultimate source of all that exists, both seen and unseen. I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things. Persons / Places / Events 1. IsaiahA major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah's ministry spanned the reigns of several kings of Judah. He is known for his prophecies concerning the coming of the Messiah and the salvation of the Lord. 2. Cyrus Although not mentioned directly in this verse, Isaiah 45 is part of a prophecy concerning Cyrus, the Persian king whom God anointed to deliver Israel from Babylonian captivity. 3. Judah The southern kingdom of Israel, which was in exile during the time of this prophecy. Isaiah's message was meant to bring hope and assurance of God's sovereignty to the exiled people. 4. Babylon The empire that conquered Judah and took its people into exile. The prophecy in Isaiah 45 speaks to the eventual downfall of Babylon and the liberation of the Jewish people. 5. The LORD (Yahweh) The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature and His role as the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of the universe. Teaching Points God's SovereigntyRecognize that God is in control of all aspects of life, both light and darkness, prosperity and calamity. This understanding should lead to trust and reliance on His wisdom and plan. Purpose in Adversity Understand that God can use difficult circumstances for His purposes. Believers are called to seek His will and grow in faith through trials. Response to God's Authority Our response to God's sovereignty should be one of humility and submission, acknowledging that His ways are higher than our ways. Hope in God's Plan Even in times of darkness or calamity, believers can have hope, knowing that God is working out His divine plan for redemption and restoration. Balance of Light and Darkness Embrace the balance of life’s experiences, trusting that God’s creation of both light and darkness serves His greater purpose.(7) I make peace, and create evil . . .--The words have no bearing on the insoluble problem of what we call the origin of evil. "Evil," as opposed to "peace" or prosperity, is suffering, but not sin; normally, in the Divine counsels, at once the consequence and corrective of moral evil (comp. Isaiah 47:11; Isaiah 57:1.)Verse 7. - I form the light, and create darkness. It has been recently denied that there is any allusion in these words, or in those which follow, to the Zoroastrian tenets; and it has even been asserted that the religion of the early Achaemenian kings was free from the taint of dualism. But according to some authorities, "a god of lies" is mentioned in the Behistun inscription; and the evidence is exceedingly strong that dualism was an essential part of the Zoroastrian religion long before the time of Cyrus (see 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 2. pp. 332, 333, 2nd edit.). It is quite reasonable to suppose that Isaiah would be acquainted with the belief of the Persians and Medes, who had come in contact with the Assyrians as early as B.C.. 830; and a warning against the chief error of their religion would be quite in place when he was holding up Cyrus to his countrymen as entitled to their respect and veneration. The nexus of the words, "I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness," is such as naturally to suggest an intended antagonism to the Zoroastrian system. Under that, Ormuzd created "light" and "peace," Ahriman "darkness" and "evil." The two were eternal adversaries, engaged in an inter-ruinable contest. Ormuzd, it is true, claimed the undivided allegiance of mankind, since he was their maker; but Ahriman was a great power, terribly formidable - perhaps a god (diva) - certainly the chief of the devas. It was from Zoroastrianism that Manicheism derived its doctrine of the two principles, and to the same source may, with much probability, be traced the "devil-worshippers" of the Zagros mountain chain. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I formיוֹצֵ֥ר (yō·w·ṣêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine light אוֹר֙ (’ō·wr) Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary and create וּבוֹרֵ֣א (ū·ḇō·w·rê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed darkness; חֹ֔שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness I bring עֹשֶׂ֥ה (‘ō·śeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make prosperity שָׁל֖וֹם (šā·lō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace and create וּב֣וֹרֵא (ū·ḇō·w·rê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed calamity. רָ֑ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil I, אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I the LORD, יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel do עֹשֶׂ֥ה (‘ō·śeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make all כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every these things. אֵֽלֶּה׃ (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those Links Isaiah 45:7 NIVIsaiah 45:7 NLT Isaiah 45:7 ESV Isaiah 45:7 NASB Isaiah 45:7 KJV Isaiah 45:7 BibleApps.com Isaiah 45:7 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 45:7 Chinese Bible Isaiah 45:7 French Bible Isaiah 45:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create darkness (Isa Isi Is) |
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