Isaiah 45:7
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 45
“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.”Isaiah 45:7
What Does Isaiah 45:7 Mean?
Isaiah 45:7 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 45, verse 7 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Creation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 45:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 1:3“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”Ecclesiastes 7:13“Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?”Amos 3:6“Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?”Psalms 75:7“But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.”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.”Isaiah 31:2“Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.”Lamentations 3:38“Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?”Amos 4:13“For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.”Genesis 1:5“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”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.”Jeremiah 31:35“Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:”Philippians 4:7“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”Jeremiah 51:20“Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;”Nahum 1:8“But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.”Amos 5:6“Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.”2 Corinthians 4:6“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”Psalms 104:20“Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.”Job 1:21“And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”Ezekiel 32:8“All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.”Acts 4:28“For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.”
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