I MAKE PEACE, AND CREATE EVIL

ISAIAH 45:1-7

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 LOINS OF KINGS, 

TO OPEN BEFORE HIM 

THE TWO LEAVED GATES; 

AND

 THE GATES SHALL NOT BE SHUT;

I WILL GO BEFORE THEE,

AND

MAKE

THE CROOKED PLACES STRAIGHT:

 I WILL BREAK IN PIECES

 THE GATES OF BRASS, 

AND 

CUT IN SUNDER 

THE BARS OF IRON:

 AND 

I WILL GIVE THEE 

THE TREASURES OF DARKNESS, 

AND 

HIDDEN RICHES OF SECRET PLACES, 

THAT THOU MAYEST KNOW

 THAT 
I, THE LORD, 

WHICH CALL THEE BY NAME, 

AM THE GOD OF ISRAEL. 

FOR
JACOB 
MY SERVANT'S SAKE,

AND

ISRAEL MINE ELECT, 

I HAVE 
EVEN
 CALLED THEE 

BY THY NAME: 

I HAVE SURNAMED THEE,

 THOUGH THOU
 HAS NOT KNOWN ME.

 I AM THE LORD, 

AND 

THERE IS NONE ELSE, 

THERE IS NO GOD 
BESIDES ME:

 I GIRDED THEE, 

THOUGH THOU 
HAST NOT KNOWN ME:

 THAT THEY MAY KNOW

 FROM 
THE RISING OF THE SUN,

 AND 

FROM THE WEST, 

THAT 
THERE IS 
NONE BESIDE ME. 

I AM THE LORD,

 AND 

THERE IS NONE ELSE. 

I FORM THE LIGHT,

AND

CREATE DARKNESS:

I MAKE PEACE, AND CREATE EVIL:

I THE LORD 
DO ALL THESE THINGS.

LOVE