Isa 45:7, 46:7, Jer 10:5 | ESV | STEP | I form light and create darkness , I make well-being and create calamity ; I am the Lord , who does all these things .

Isaiah 45:7

7 I form light and create darkness,
I make well-being and ^acreate calamity;
I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Isaiah 46:7

7 ^bThey lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
^cit cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.

Jeremiah 10:5

5 Their idols ^{▼▼Hebrew They} are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and ^ethey cannot speak;
^fthey have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
^gfor they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”