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create. Hebrew the Poel Participle of the verb bara' (create) which, with "evil", requires the rendering "bring about". Not the same form as in verses: Isa_45:8, Isa_45:12, or Isa_45:18, in connection with the earth. In Jer_18:11 the verb is yazar, to frame, or mould. In Amo_3:6 it is 'ashah, to bring about. A word of wide meaning; its sense has to be determined by its context. Here, disturbance in contrast with "peace".
evil: never rendered "sin". God brings calamity about as the inevitable consequence of sin. It is rendered "calamity" in Psa_141:5; "adversity" in 1Sa_10:19.
Psa_94:13. Ecc_7:14; "grief" in Neh_2:10. Pro_15:10. .
Ecc_2:17. .
Jon_4:6; "affliction" in Num_11:11; "misery" in Ecc_8:6; "trouble" in Psa_41:1; "Sore" in Deu_6:22; "noisome" in Eze_14:15, Eze_14:21; "hurt" in Gen_26:29; "wretchedness" in Num_11:15
; also "harm", "ill", and "mischief". Compare Jer_18:11, and Amo_3:6. See note on "create", above.