Isa 45:7 | CPDV | STEP | I form the light and create the darkness. I make peace and create disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things.

Isaiah 45:7

7 I form the light and create the darkness. I make peace and create disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things. ^{▼▼45:7The word ‘malum’ as contrasted with peace is not ‘evil,’ but rather harm or disaster.(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼45:7 Create evil, etc: The evils of afflictions and punishments, but not the evil of sin.(Challoner)}