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NASB | Isaiah 45:7 The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 45:7 The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing peace and creating disaster; I am the LORD who does all these things. |
Bible Question: Can someone explain to me the part "I make peace and create evil: I the Lord do all these things" What kind of evil did the Lord create, I always thought everything He created was "good". |
Bible Answer: Our wonderfully omnipotent God has the ability to order as well as dispose of each our comforts, as well as all of our crosses, in this (or any) world. See John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." To me, this means He created the devil for the fulfillment of His divine will, and He also created the evil of punishment, and yes, also the evil of death. |