Isaiah 45:7 comes from God’s message to Cyrus, king of Persia, where God declares His complete power:
I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create evil; I the Lord do all these things.
In context, this is not saying that God creates moral evil. It means He controls everything, both peace and calamity, showing that no other power or god is responsible.
The Hebrew word translated as ‘evil’ is ra (רָע), which can mean moral evil, but also trouble, disaster, or distress. Most modern translations use ‘disaster’ or ‘calamity’, showing that the verse is about God’s control over difficult events, not sin or wrongdoing.
The passage teaches that nothing happens outside God’s rule. The same one who brings peace and blessing can also allow or bring disaster when needed. God does not cause sin, but He may permit hardship or suffering as part of His purpose, often to correct or guide people.
Other verses confirm this. James 1:13 says God cannot be tempted by evil or tempt anyone, and 1 John 1:5 says there is no darkness in Him at all.
Furthermore, darkness is the lack of light, it is not a thing that you can turn on like light. There is no switch in your house that makes a room dark like there is one that lights up a room. Likewise, hate is the lack of love, and lies is the lack of truth. God is light, love, and truth. Rejection of God is darkness, hate and lies. I am not sure that these are so much created things, rather the lack of God’s own attributes which one will display when they have rejected God.
