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Isaiah 45:7

Isaiah 45:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

form: Genesis 1:3-5, Genesis 1:17-18; Psalms 8:3, Psalms 104:20-23; Jeremiah 31:35; 2 Corinthians 4:6; James 1:17

create darkness: Exodus 10:21-23, Exodus 14:20; Jeremiah 13:16; Ezekiel 32:8; Joel 2:2; Amos 4:13; Nahum 1:8; Jude 1:6, Jude 1:13

I make Peace: Isaiah 10:5-6; Job 2:10, Job 34:29; Psalms 29:11, Psalms 75:7; Ecclesiastes 7:13-14; Jeremiah 18:7-10; Jeremiah 51:20; Ezekiel 14:15-21; Amos 3:6, Amos 5:6; Acts 4:28

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