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Isaiah 45:7

I form the light, he made it at the beginning of the world, and create darkness, by withdrawing light, which is His creation; I make peace and create evil, both good fortune and misfortune being sent by Him; I, the Lord, do all these things. The Lord Himself has ever guided the events of the world's history in order to carry out the plans of His loving-kindness and tender mercy.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 45:7. _I FORM THE LIGHT, AND CREATE DARKNESS_] It was the great principle of the Magian religion, which prevailed in Persia in the time of Cyrus, and in which probably he was educated, t...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I FORM THE LIGHT, AND CREATE DARKNESS - Light, in the Bible, is the emblem of knowledge, innocence, pure religion, and of prosperity in general; and darkness is the emblem of the opposite. Light here...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 45 The Word of Jehovah to Cyrus, to Israel and to the Ends of the Earth 1. _Thus saith Jehovah to Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1)_ 2. _Thus saith Jehovah: Israel shall be saved (Isaiah 45:14)_ 3. Thus sa...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 44:24 TO ISAIAH 45:8. YAHWEH'S COMMISSION TO CYRUS. Yahweh reminds Israel of His power as sole Creator of the universe. What He created He still controls, so that He falsifies the predictions d...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CREATE. Hebrew the Poel Participle of the verb _bara'_ (create) which, with "evil", requires the rendering "bring about". Not the same form as in verses: Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 45:12, or Isaiah 45:18, in...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR JACOB MY SERVANT'S SAKE— The prophet here gives us the reasons why God shewed such favour to a prince addicted to the Pagan superstition of his country, and ignorant of the true God; that he prosp...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    SOVEREIGN IN SALVATION, CHAPTER 45 a. OMNIPOTENCE TEXT: Isaiah 45:1-8 1 Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loos...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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 DARKNESS - Yaatsar (H3335), to give "form" to previously existing...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    45:7 peace (a-8) Or 'prosperity.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MEANING OF THE CONQUESTS OF CYRUS 1-13. The conquests of Cyrus are ordained by Jehovah for His purposes. Let not Israel Criticise the manner of its deliverance. 14-17. Great honour awaits Israel...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    EVIL] not moral evil, but misfortune or calamity, the opposite of peace....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 45 THE *LORD APPOINTS CYRUS v1 The *Lord has chosen Cyrus as his champio...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    These are impressive ways to say that nothing can ever be outside God’s plan and purpose. *WOE TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT AGREE WITH GOD’S ACTIONS V9 *Woe to anyone who argues with God who created him. T...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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; normal...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יֹוצֵ֥ר אֹור֙ וּ בֹורֵ֣א חֹ֔שֶׁךְ עֹשֶׂ֥ה שָׁ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JEHOVAH'S CHOSEN INSTRUMENT Isaiah 45:1-13 Cyrus is one of the noblest figures in ancient history. His character became a model for the Greek youth in strength, simplicity, humanity, purity, and self...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The fifth of these messages of Jehovah is a charge to Cyrus. First of all, it utters to him the promises of God which are intended to be his strength in carrying out the divine purpose. These all emph...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    I form the (h) light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things]. (h) I send peace and war, prosperity and adversity, as in (Amos 3:6)....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Create evil, &c. The evils of afflictions and punishments, but not the evil of sin. (Challoner) --- I afflict and comfort my people._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is most blessed to read those scriptures, in which Jehovah takes to himself his supreme sovereignty. A believing soul finds great delight in the contemplation. For, in the first place, the self-exi...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._Forming light. _As if he had said, that they who formerly were wont to ascribe everything either to fortune or to idols shall acknowledge the true God, so as to ascribe power and the government and...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 44 AND 45. Jehovah now reasons with His people whom He had formed from the womb, encourages them, promises them His Spirit. Their children shall spring up as...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I FORM THE LIGHT, AND CREATE DARKNESS,.... Natural light, or that light which was produced at the first creation, and of which the sun is the fountain and source; or day which is light, and night whic...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things]. Ver. 7. _I form the light, and create darkness,_] _sc., _ By withdrawing the light whence darkn...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I form the light, and create darkness_, &c. All men's comforts and calamities come from my hand. “It was the great principle of the Magian religion, which prevailed in Persia in the time of Cyrus, an...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-10 There is no God beside Jehovah. There is nothing done without him. He makes peace, put here for all good; and creates evil, not the evil of sin, but the evil of punishment. He is the Author of a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    All men's comforts and calamities come from my hand....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 45:7 form H3335 (H8802) light H216 create H1254 (H8802) darkness H2822 make H6213 (H8802) peace...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CYRUS HAS BEEN CALLED IN ORDER TO ASSIST GOD'S SERVANT, HIS CHOSEN ONE (ISAIAH 45:1). Isaiah 45:1 ‘Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, To Cyrus whose right hand I have held, To subdue nations before...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    CREATE EVIL Hebrew, "ra" translated "sorrow," "wretchedness," "adversity," "afflictions," "calamities," but never translated sin. God created evil only in the sense that He made sorrow, wretchedness,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 45:1. Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates;...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    While we are reading this chapter, and thinking of Cyrus, the Lord's anointed deliverer for Israel, let us not forget the greater Deliverer of whom the hymn writer sings, «Thus saith God of his Anoin...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The first paragraph concerns Cyrus, and the great work for which God raised him up. Isaiah 45:1. Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations befor...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Promises to Cyrus for Israel's sake. Proof of God's eternal power and sovereignty. Encouragement to believing Jews. Doom of idol worshippers. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Cyrus. CONCLUSION: Bes...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 45:1. _Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden;_ a figure of Christ, the anointed of the Father. This anointing equalled Cyrus with David. Before him God w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I form the light, and create darkness_ EVIL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT There is no thought in the Old Testament of reducing all evil, moral and physical, to a single principle. Moral evil proceeds from...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I am the Lord, and there is none else_ THE BENEFICENT SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD The key-thought to all the intricacies of the whole of this passage is that God is the absolute Author of all that exists an...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 45:7 The Lord’s creative will and wise purposes stand behind everything. Therefore, his people should not be discouraged when events seem contrary to his promises. ⇐

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE FORMER OF LIGHT AND CREATOR OF DARKNESS Isaiah 45:6. _I am the Lord, and there is none else, &c._ These words occur in the remarkable prophecy of the capture of Babylon by Cyrus; a prophecy fulf...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 45:1 GOD'S WILL CONCERNING HIM ANNOUNCED TO CYRUS. This direct address of God to a heathen king is without a parallel in Scripture. Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh, Abimelech, were warned t...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings (Isaiah 45:1), You remember I told you he prophesied that...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 4:6; Acts 4:28; Amos 3:6; Amos 4:13; Amos 5:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Light — All mens comforts and calamities come from thy hand....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Is God the author of evil? PROBLEM: According to this verse, God “creates good and evil” (KJV, cf. Jeremiah 18:11 and Lamentations 3:38; Amos 3:6). But many other Scriptures inform us that God is not...

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