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Isaiah 45:5-7
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Addressed to Cyrus of Persia. The last verse is often read as a deliberate rejection of Zoroastrian dualism, in which good and evil have separate authors; the Hebrew ra can mean moral evil or calamity, and most modern versions choose calamity, which softens the claim considerably.
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TextI am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird 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 besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things. 1 Reference Scheme Translation
TranslationThe Holy Bible, American Standard Version 1 TranslatorAmerican Revision Committee 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Denies the two-principle account of good and evil.
Often read as a direct answer to Zoroastrian dualism.
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