Isaiah 45:7

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

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 45:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I form the light, and create darkness - Light, in the Bible, is the emblem of knowledge, innocence, pure religion, and of prosperity in general;...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
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...
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 v...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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 - It wa...
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...
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 -...
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 o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Evil ] not moral evil, but misfortune or calamity, the opposite of peace.
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 “pe...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 CHAPTER IX FOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGION Isaiah 43:1...
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 y...
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...
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 c...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 fount...
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 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 relig...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Dominion. B. C. 708. 5 I...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Cyrus Has Been Called In Order To Assist God's Servant, His Chosen One ( Isaiah 45:1-8 ). Isaiah 45:1 ‘Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, To Cy...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE FORMER OF LIGHT AND CREATOR OF DARKNESS Isaiah 45:6-7 . I am the Lord, and there is none else, &c. These words occur in the remarkable p...
Scofield Reference Notes

create evil Hebrew, "ra" translated "sorrow," "wretchedness," "adversity," "afflictions," "calamities," but never translated sin. God created...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 45:1-4 . 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 l...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 t...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The first paragraph concerns Cyrus, and the great work for which God raised him up. Isaiah 45:1-4 . Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,...
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...
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...
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 physic...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 45:1-23 GOD 'S WILL CONCERNING HIM ANNOUNCED TO CYRUS . This direct address of God to a heathen king is witho...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Deliverance by Cyrus a Proof of Jehovah's Power
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 cre...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 4:6 ; Acts 4:28 ; Amos 3:6 ; Amos 4:13 ; Amos 5:6 ; Ecclesiastes 7:13 ; Ecclesiastes 7:14 ; Exodus 10:21-23 ; Exodus 14:20 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

⁷ I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 45:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 45:7