Bible Study Isaiah 45:7

[Episcopius]

KJV says God creates evil
Other versions say CALAMITY or WOE or some such
What think ye?
I am uncomfortable with God “creating evil”

 

[Dorothy Mae]

KJV says God creates evil
Other versions say CALAMITY or WOE or some such
What think ye?
I am uncomfortable with God “creating evil”

It means calamity. Think of it this way. If you had a day were your boss threatened to fire you, you lost your wallet, hit a post which damaged your car and heard that your favorite aunt has cancer, you’d tell your closest friend that you had a BAD day. You don’t mean morally bad, you mean unpleasant or destructive.

 

[LABrown]

God Created Evil And Good


Jer 6:18-19
18 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people-- the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not heeded My words, nor My law, but rejected it.
(NKJ)
[Jer 6:19 KJV]
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

Isa 54:16
16 "Behold, I have created the blacksmith who blows the coals in the fire, who brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the spoiler to destroy.
(NKJ)

Ps 139:7-8
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
(NKJ)

Isa 45:6-7
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is none besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other;
7 I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things.'
(NKJ)
[Isa 45:7 KJV]
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].