Isaiah 45:7-9

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⁷I made the light and the darkness.
I bring peace, and I cause trouble.
I, the Lord, do all these things.

⁸“May the clouds in the skies above
    pour goodness on the earth like rain.
May the earth open up
    to let salvation grow.
And may goodness grow with that salvation,
    which I, the Lord, created.

God Controls His Creation

⁹“Look at these people! They are arguing with the one who made them. Look at them argue with me. They are like pieces of clay from a broken pot. Clay does not say to the one molding it, ‘Man, what are you doing?’ Things that are made don’t have the power to question the one who makes them.

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