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Isaiah 45:7a

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45:7I am13 the one who forms light

and creates darkness;14

the one who brings about peace

and creates calamity.15

I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

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Footnotes

  1. 13 The words “I am” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text the participle at the beginning of v. 7 stands in apposition to “the Lord” in v. 6.
  2. 14 On the surface v. 7a appears to describe God’s sovereign control over the cycle of day and night, but the following statement suggests that “light” and “darkness” symbolize “deliverance” and “judgment.”
  3. 15 This verses affirms that God is ultimately sovereign over his world, including mankind and nations. In accordance with his sovereign will, he can cause wars to cease and peace to predominate (as he was about to do for his exiled people through Cyrus), or he can bring disaster and judgment on nations (as he was about to do to Babylon through Cyrus).

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I form light and create darkness;

I make well-being and create calamity;

I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I form the light and create darkness,

I bring prosperity and create disaster;

I, the Lord, do all these things.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I form light and create darkness,

I make success and create disaster;

I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew 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.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I form light and I create darkness;

I make peace and I create evil;

I am Yahweh; I do all these things.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

I form the light, and create darkness:

I make peace, and create evil:

I the Lord do all these things.

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