Isaiah 45:7

New International Reader's Version

I cause light to shine. I also create darkness. I bring good times. I also create hard times. I do all these things. I am the Lord.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:25

“ ‘But I, the Lord, say, “Haven’t you heard what I have done? Long ago I arranged for you to do all of that. In days of old I planned it. Now I have made it happen. You have turned cities with high walls into piles of stone.

Job 10:13

“ ‘But here’s what you hid in your heart. Here’s what you had on your mind.

Job 2:10

Job replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. We accept good things from God. So we should also accept trouble when he sends it.” In spite of everything, Job didn’t say anything that was sinful.

Job 34:29

But if he remains silent, who can judge him? If he turns his face away, who can see him? He rules over individual people and nations alike.

Psalm 105:28

The Lord sent darkness over the land. He did it because the Egyptians had refused to obey his words.

Psalm 29:11

The Lord gives strength to his people. The Lord blesses his people with peace.

Psalm 74:16

You rule over the day and the night. You created the sun and the moon.

Psalm 75:7

God is the one who judges. He says to one person, “You are guilty.” To another he says, “You are not guilty.”

Psalm 8:3

I think about the heavens. I think about what your fingers have created. I think about the moon and stars that you have set in place.

Exodus 14:20

It came between the armies of Egypt and Israel. All through the night the cloud brought darkness to one side and light to the other. Neither army went near the other all night long.

Isaiah 31:2

He too is wise. He can bring horrible trouble. He does what he says he’ll do. He’ll rise up against that evil nation. He’ll fight against those who help them.

Isaiah 42:16

Israel is blind. So I will lead them along paths they had not known before. I will guide them on roads they are not familiar with. I will turn the darkness into light as they travel. I will make the rough places smooth. Those are the things I will do. I will not desert my people.

Isaiah 44:24

The Lord says, “People of Israel, I set you free. I formed you when you were born as a nation. “I am the Lord. I am the Maker of everything. I alone stretch out the heavens. I spread out the earth by myself.

Isaiah 47:11

So horrible trouble will come on you. You will not know how to use your evil magic to make it go away. Great trouble will fall on you. No amount of money can keep it away. Something terrible will happen to you all at once. You will not see it coming ahead of time.

Jeremiah 10:16

The God of Jacob is not like them. He gives his people everything they need. He made everything that exists. And that includes Israel. They are the people who belong to him. His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God. Honor him before he sends darkness to cover the land. Do this before you trip and fall on the darkened hills. You hope that light will come. But he will turn it into thick darkness. He will change it to deep shadows.

Jeremiah 31:35

The Lord speaks. He makes the sun shine by day. He orders the moon and stars to shine at night. He stirs up the ocean. He makes its waves roar. His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.

Jeremiah 51:20

“Babylon, you are my war club. You are my weapon for battle. I use you to destroy nations. I use you to wipe out kingdoms.

Lamentations 3:38

Troubles and good things alike come to people because the Most High God has commanded them to come.

Ezekiel 32:8

I will darken all the bright lights in the sky above you. I will bring darkness over your land,” announces the Lord and King.

Daniel 2:22

He explains deep and hidden things. He knows what happens in the darkest places. And where he is, everything is light.

Joel 2:2

That day will be dark and sad. It will be black and cloudy. A huge army of locusts is coming. They will spread across the mountains like the sun when it rises. There has never been an army like it. And there will never be another for all time to come.

Amos 3:6

When someone blows a trumpet in a city, don’t the people tremble with fear? When trouble comes to a city, hasn’t the Lord caused it?

Amos 4:13

The Lord forms the mountains. He creates the wind. He makes his thoughts known to human beings. He turns sunrise into darkness. He rules over even the highest places on earth. His name is the Lord God Who Rules Over All.

Amos 5:6

Israel, look to the Lord and live. If you don’t, he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire. It will burn everything up. And Bethel won’t have anyone to put it out.

Nahum 1:8

But he will destroy Nineveh with a powerful flood. He will chase his enemies into the place of darkness.

Acts 4:28

They did what your power and purpose had already decided should happen.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God said, “Let light shine out of darkness.” (Genesis 1:3) He made his light shine in our hearts. His light gives us the light to know God’s glory. His glory is shown in the face of Christ.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from God. This kind of gift comes down from the Father who created the heavenly lights. These lights create shadows that move. But the Father does not change like these shadows.

Jude 1:13

They are like wild waves of the sea. Their shame rises up like foam. They are like falling stars. God has reserved a place of very black darkness for them forever.

Jude 1:6

Some of the angels didn’t stay where they belonged. They didn’t keep their positions of authority. The Lord has kept those angels in darkness. They are held by chains that last forever. On judgment day, God will judge them.