Luke 21:20-24G

21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out ; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto . 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled . 23 But woe unto them that are with child , and to them that give suck , in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

God is speaking of the destruction of Jerusalem and Judah that He will bring about because Israel has gone after Baal and the grove. When God brings judgement on Jerusalem and Judah he will have pagan sweaty greasy Babylonian soldiers to rip the women up that are pregnant and have the babies bashed to pieces in the streets of Jerusalem.

God will cause mothers to be ripped up and the babies brain's bashed in.

Hosea 13:16

16 Samaria shall become desolate ; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces , and their women with child shall be ripped up .

Jeremiah 13:1-10, 13, 14

1 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. 3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying , 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got , which is upon thy loins, and arise , go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 5 So I went , and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. 6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise , go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. 7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged , and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred , it was profitable for nothing. 8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying , 9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity , nor spare , nor have mercy , but destroy them.

Because Israel goes after their imagination and other gods, God says I will make men collide with one another and I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy but shall destroy the priests and prophets of Israel. Some will say that God will not have mothers kill their children or have serial killers to come in multitudes. Did God kill David's innocent baby (II Samuel 12:15-18). Yes, because of David's sin of adultery and murder. God will not pity.

God will have mothers killed

Jeremiah 15:1-14

1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth . 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth ? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay , and the dogs to tear , and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy . 4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. 5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? 6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting . 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways. 8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. 9 She that hath borne seven languisheth : she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day : she hath been ashamed and confounded : and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies , saith the LORD. 10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury , nor men have lent to me on usury ; yet every one of them doth curse me. 11 The LORD said , Verily it shall be well with thy remnant ; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. 14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

Because of Israel's apostasy following other gods and false doctrine God says I will remove them to all the kingdoms of the earth (and when he did it, God caused millions to die; many were innocent babies in the womb). God said I will not have pity on Jerusalem. God said I have brought upon the mother of the innocent young the spoiler at noonday. A mother of 7 children shall die at the hands of this invading army of Babylonians. The 7 children will remain orphans and God will do it because of rebellious sin. He will not pity. Its coming America.

God will maim those who are his leaders who live ungodly.

Jeremiah 21:7-10

7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies , and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity , nor have mercy . 8 And unto this people thou shalt say , Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. 9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out , and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live , and his life shall be unto him for a prey. 10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

God says because of Israel's rebellion I will bring the king of Babylon against Zedekiah and deliver Zedekiah into Nebuchadnezzer's hands - God will do it - he will have Zedekiah's sons killed before his very eyes then have him blinded and carried away in chains (II Kings 25:7). Will God kill or have innocent people killed? You can believe the promise of his word that he will kill without pity and without mercy, the nation that preaches false doctrine and turns away from truth.

God causes slaughter.

Ezekiel 5:5-17

5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. 6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. 9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done , and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. 10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare , neither will I have any pity . 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished , and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted : and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by . 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. 16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: 17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.

Thus saith the Lord because Israel hath changed my judgments into wickedness because they defiled his sanctuary God says I will diminish thee I will not spare I will not pity God says I will accomplish my fury upon them when I call in the king of Babylon to destroy them in a great slaughter. I have arranged it. Yes God will have the Ted Bundys and David Berkowitzs to go out and kill mercilessly. He will have mothers kill their children (Matthew 10:35-37; Luke 12:49-53).

God will destroy his people because of their idolatry.

Ezekiel 7:4, 9

4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity : but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

9 And mine eye shall not spare , neither will I have pity : I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth .

God tells Israel because of their rebellion and going after idols (Baal and the grove) that he will send the sword, famine, pestilence and beast. He will not pity when he sends his anger in the form of these judgments. He will pour out his fury and accomplish his anger on Israel. God will kill people.

God can be provoked to anger, rage, and fury by his people.

Ezekiel 8:17, 18

17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger : and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. 18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare , neither will I have pity : and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

Israel hath filled the land with violence. They have committed abominations and provoked me to anger. God says I will deal in fury mine eye shall not spare I will not pity.

God will cause slaughter.

Ezekiel 9:5, 10

5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite : let not your eye spare , neither have ye pity :

10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare , neither will I have pity , but I will recompense their way upon their head.

Six men come with slaughter weapons in hand to wreck havoc on Jerusalem. One clothed in Linen and a writer's inkhorn in his hand. God tells him to make a mark on those who mourn over the sin of Jerusalem. The others go after and kill them do not spare or pity. 

Ezekiel 36:21

21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went .

God said when I bring Israel back I will have pity only for my Holy name -- I do not this for you Israel.

Joel 2:18

18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

When a people are repentant then God will be merciful and have pity.

Zechariah 11:6

6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land.

I Create Evil

Isaiah 45:7

7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

I form light (truth) and create darkness (sin) I make peace and create evil. I the Lord do all these things.

Genesis 2:9

9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

God made the tree of knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life, then God made man subject to vanity, but not of his own will (Romans 8:20).

Evil - 7451 ra - bad, evil, evil men opposite of good calamity (Is it a calamity when international thugs and pirates commandeer an airline and murder everyone on board). God causes it and creates it. He said so.

Does God make men evil and cause evil to enter them? Let's see if he does.

I Samuel 16:14-16, 24

14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. 15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well .

23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed , and was well , and the evil spirit departed from him.

Four times God says, "An evil spirit from the Lord entered Saul."

I Samuel 18:10

10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.

The evil spirit from God entered Saul.

God will cause adultery and sexual immorality.

II Samuel 12:11

11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

(words of Nathan to David) I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house. I will take thy wives and give them to thy neighbor (II Samuel 16:21, 22 God caused Absolam to commit adultery with David's wives in the sight of Israel (God will do evil. He will cause men to commit adultery)). Certainly God will make one person sin over another.

God tells Israel I will cause you to eat your children. I will make you to become cannibals. God will cause cannibalism.

Deuteronomy 28:49, 53-57 - Lamentations 2:20

Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand ;

53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave : 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat : because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear : for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

Lamentations 2:20 Behold , O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Women shall eat their children when I put you in the siege. 

Ezekiel 5:10

10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

Fathers shall eat their sons.

Lamentations 4:10

10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

The children were the food in the destruction of Israel that God brought on them.

God will cause cannibalism. He says I will cause this!

Jeremiah 19:9

9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies , and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters and the flesh of their friend in the siege. God says I will cause Israel to involve themselves in cannibalism. People say that God will not cause men to sin and kill the innocent. God says I will not only cause my people who have forsaken me to kill their innocent, I will cause them to eat their young and innocent. Is America killing their innocent with hypocrisy, crime, drugs, knives (drowning their innocent), etc.? The worst is coming (II Kings 6:24-32).

The wicked shall be turned into hell and all nations that forget God.

Psalms 9:17

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Has America forgotten God? There is no way to measure the cruelty God is bringing on America. Will God cause David Berkowitz to kill mercilessly without pity and a mother to drown her five children mercilessly in a bathtub in Texas? This is only the beginning for this Godless nation.

God will cause cannibalism.

II Kings 6:33

33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said , Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

Behold this evil is of the Lord (this evil of cannibalism in the previous verses).

God will cause the killing of children. God kills children.

I Kings 17:20

20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said , O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn , by slaying her son?

Elijah says that God brought evil upon the widow by killing her son. Elijah says God kills children! 

I Kings 21:21

21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

Elijah the prophet of God speaks for God, "Behold I will bring evil upon thee" concerning Ahab's wickedness. Then he prophecies the death of all of Ahab's "innocent" sons.

I Kings 21:29

29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

Because Ahab humbled himself God said I will not bring the evil in his days but I will bring the evil in his son's days.

God will make men "lie"

I Kings 22:23

23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.

Behold the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets

II Kings 21:12

12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle .

Thus saith the Lord I am bringing such evil on Jerusalem whosoever heareth of it both his ears shall tingle I will wipe Jerusalem clean as a man wipeth a dish wiping it and turning it upside down. When God does it as he said he would at the hands of his servant Nebuchadnezzer, millions will die in the process. God will use a pagan king with swords, bows and arrows, knives, spears etc. What is the difference whether God sends a pagan king or a bunch of serial killers with .357 magnums in their hands? They're all killers and murderers that God is using to perform his will and judgments. God's dishrag was Nebuchadnezzer which he used to wipe Jerusalem clean.

II Kings 22:16, 20

16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read :

20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

Thus saith the Lord I will bring evil upon this place - God tells Josiah, you will not see all the evil that I will bring: I will bring this evil after you are gone.

God kills innocent men.

II Samuel 24:16

16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

When God gave David a choice of the evil that he would bring on David because he had numbered Israel (seven years of famine, flee three months before your enemies, three days pestilence) David chose three days pestilence. God killed 70.000 "innocent" men who had done nothing to deserve to die. When the angel stretched out his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it the Lord turned from the evil he was doing and said "It is enough." God says this is the price David owes me for his sin of merely numbering the people and taking credit with his great army of 1,800,000. God is saying "It’s not your numbers that did it David. It was my power." 70,000 dead is punishment. It is the price I require for your pride.

God sends disease by pestilence and plague to kill because of rebellious pride.

I Chronicles 21:15

15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying , the LORD beheld , and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed , It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

This is the 1st Chronicles version on II Samuel 24 where God sends pestilence on Israel because David numbered Israel. The Bible says God sent pestilence. People say God won't make people sick. In this same text the Bible says after God killed 70,000 innocent Israelites, God turned (repented) from the evil that he was doing. God does evil.

II Chronicles 7:19-22

19 But if ye turn away , and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say , Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 22 And it shall be answered , Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

God warns Solomon that if he turns away from God's statutes to serve other gods that the Lord God will bring evil upon Israel by causing the ruling empires of Assyria and Babylon to come into Israel and slaughter them. God does evil.

God causes men to lie - lying is sin.

II Chronicles 18:22

22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.

The Lord put a lying spirit into these thy prophets - God causes lies. God does evil.

II Chronicles 34:24, 28

24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again .

Thus saith the Lord, Behold I will bring evil upon this place - even all the curses that are written in the book because Israel hath forsaken me. God says, "I will bring evil upon Judah and Jerusalem and destroy them because they went after other gods. God does evil.

Nehemiah 13:17, 18

17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do , and profane the sabbath day? 18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

Nehemiah contends with the nobles of Judah. Because Israel (in the Kings) had rebelled against God, God had scattered them putting them in captivity in Babylon. Nehemiah rebuilds Jerusalem 70 years later and the people come to the gates of Jerusalem in preparation to defile the Sabbath and rebel against God once again. Nehemiah speaks to them. "Did not your fathers thus and did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city."

Nehemiah's reference to the evil that God did is talking about the sacking and burning of Jerusalem 70 years before, along with raping and pillaging. Nehemiah said, "God did that." God did that evil of destroying his people by the hands of evil men.

Job 1:21, 22

21 And said , Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave , and the LORD hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the LORD. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

After all Job's substance was destroyed, his servants killed, his seven sons and three daughters killed, Job gave God credit for all this evil when he said "The Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." The word name is the word shem meaning character or authority. Job said blessed be God's authority that destroyed me. Then the Bible in verse 22 verifies Job's words: "In all this Job sinned not nor charged God foolishly." The Bible says when Job talks about me in this case he tells the truth about me. God says here "I killed Job's children and destroyed all his substance."

Job 2:9, 10

9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die . 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh . What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

After God has Satan smite Job, Job's wife says to Job, "Curse God and die." She did not say curse Satan and die. She knew this judgment was from God. Job replies to her, "What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?" Job says evil comes from God. The last sentence in verse 10 verifies these words of Job about God bringing evil: "In all this did not Job sin with his lips." God is saying here, "Job tells the truth about me, I bring evil."

Job 30:26

26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. 27 My bowels boiled , and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

Job speaks concerning his predicament "When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there come darkness." Theprecedent for this verse is set in Job 1:22 and Job 2:10 and that is, this evil in 30:26 comes from God.

Job 42:11

11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

The Bible speaks; "Job's brothers, sisters and acquaintances comfort Job over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him.

Isaiah 45:7

7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

I form light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

God says light, darkness, evil and peace are a direct result of his divine power. When we do evil it is sin - when God creates evil it is righteous. When Smith & Wesson manufactures a gun they are not murderers. When a man with murder in his heart with a desire for a gun, purchases one and kills, he is a murderer. The difference is that when God creates evil the very nature of man (that God created) cannot keep from performing it. When God says he does all things in this verse, this is corroborated in Ephesians 1:11, I Thessalonians 5:18, Romans 8:28 Ecclesiastes 3:14 and much more. God calls the righteous to cease from evil but the vessel of wrath he causes to do the necessary evil for the good of the saints: Psalms 17:13, 14; Psalms 76:10 - The wrath (poison, rage) of man shall praise thee; the remainder (residue) of wrath shalt thou restrain. David says here that man's poison, rage, anger, and wrath shall praise God and the part that will not praise God, God keeps man from performing it.

Jeremiah 1:14

14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah is the last major prophet in Israel - God repeatedly tells all the prophets and kings of Israel that God will scatter Israel by the Beast (Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome - Daniel 7, Hosea 13, Revelation 13:2) which is like a lion, bear, and leopard. This prophecy is emphasized in Deuteronomy 28 when God gives Israel the covenant and continues all through the prophets and history of Israel.

Deuteronomy 28:15-25

15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in , and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out . 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do , until thou be destroyed , and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish . 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed . 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies : thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

God says, "If you do not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes these curses will God bring upon you - The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten (burned, pillaged, raped, murdered, women ripped up. babies slaughtered) -- thou shalt be removed (carried captive) into all the kingdoms of the earth. This is the prophecy of the deportation and slaughter of Israel in 722 B.C. because of Baal and grove worship. It is also the prophecy of the removal of southern Judah (southern Israel) in 586 B.C. by Nebuchadnezzer king of Babylon. God caused them (Babylon) to come and slaughter and butcher Israel because of their apostasy. On the part of Babylon this murder, rape and pillaging is sin that God orders them to do. Jeremiah the last great prophet before Israel's captivity in Babylon is crying in the streets of Jerusalem, "Nebuchadnezzer is coming to bring judgment, God is bringing him". This verse in Jeremiah 1:14, 15 says, "Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land of Judah (all the Assyrian armies and Babylonians attacked from the north - east of Israel was hundreds of thousands of square miles of desert - west of Israel is the Mediterranean). In verse 15 of Jeremiah 1, God says he is the one bringing this evil (Babylonian armies) - "For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the North (Babylon), saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem — against the walls and against the cities of Judah." Verse 16 - (By this Babylonian multitude) "I will utter my judgments against Israel concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. God is saying through the voice of Jeremiah I will bring rape, murder, pillaging, pregnant mothers ripped up. innocent babies killed by having these dirty, sweaty. Babylonian soldiers to pillage, rape and slaughter the Israelites. God is arranging in the minds of these Babylonian pagans to commit the most horrendous sins against Israel (God creates sin!). All of Jeremiah's words in the following verse in the book of Jeremiah are about God's judgments: the sword, the famine, the pestilence, the beast (Babylon and Assyria). God says I will bring and do this evil.

Jeremiah 2:3

3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend ; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

(refer back to Jeremiah 1:14) evil shall come upon Israel, saith the Lord(the precedent already set) - God says I am the one who brings this evil. I do evil!

Jeremiah 4:6

6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire , stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

(refer back to Jeremiah 1:14)

God speaking, "I will bring evil from the north and a great destruction."

God says I will do this evil on Judah and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 6:1

1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

God warns the tribe of Benjamin in southern Judah "Flee from the midst of Jerusalem for evil appeareth out of the North, and great destruction." Verse 6 - God speaks what he is doing - "Thus hath the Lord said (to the king of Babylon), Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount (to pile up dirt and make a road up the walls) against Jerusalem - God is instructing Nebuchadnezzer to do this evil to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 6:19

19 Hear , O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

God speaks, "Hear, O earth, I will bring evil upon this people (of Judah)."God says I do evil to Israel; they are rebellious people.

Jeremiah 11:11

11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape ; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

Thus saith the Lord, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape. God says I do evil.

Jeremiah 11:22, 23

22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: 23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bringevil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.

Thus saith the Lord, I will punish them (Judah and Jerusalem): the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: — I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth (another name for Israelites). God says again I do this evil to Israel.

Jeremiah 16:10

10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?

The people of Israel shall cry out, "Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?" The people are acting innocent and playing dumb as though they don't know. They do recognize that this evil is from God. God does evil! See following verses.

Jeremiah 18:8

8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced , turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

If a nation repent (which they won't because God has their hearts fixed so he can call the Gentiles to him as prophesied by Isaiah who lived before Jeremiah - He will begin to call "all flesh" in Acts 2), I will turn from the evil that I thought to do unto them.

Jeremiah 18:10

10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

God says if a nation obey not my voice I will turn away from the good where I said I would benefit them. Good and evil come from God

Jeremiah 18:11

11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying , Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good .

God tells Jeremiah to go to Jerusalem and say "Thus saith the Lord. I frame (mould, potter, determine) evil against you, and devise a device against you — God says the evil against Jerusalem is something I determine like a potter molding a dish.

Jeremiah 19:3

 

Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle (reference II Kings 21:12, 13 - I am bringing evil upon Jerusalem and Judah that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle). God does devastating barbarous evil to his people when he punishes them with evil men.

Jeremiah 21:10

God speaking: "For I have set my face against this city for evil (speaking of Jerusalem) and not for good and it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon (whose armies shall rape, pillage, murder and kill women and babies -- and it will be the will of God).

Jeremiah 23:11, 12

Both prophet and priest (of Jerusalem) are profane; yea, in my house (the temple) have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord — for I will bring evil upon them saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:17

Jeremiah warns against the false teachers who say "Ye shall have peace." These false prophets will walk after the imaginations of their own hearts and say. "No evil shall come upon you." They will say, "God will not send evil on any one." Nebuchadnezzer is not coming. The slaughter of women being ripped up with child and babies' brains being dashed out against the walls and streets of Jerusalem is not going to happen. False teachers will say God doesn't do those kinds of things. This is evil false teaching to say that God will not create and do evil against his people to punish them (read the following verses). God says I will bring evil!

Jeremiah 24:3-5

God says to Jeremiah, "What do you see?" Jeremiah says, "I see the very good figs and the very evil figs; they are so evil." God says to Jeremiah "Like these good figs, I will acknowledge them that submit to the king of Babylon and they are carried away captive - I send Israel out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) for their good. All this death and destruction will be for the good of the believers (Romans 8:28 all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose).

Jeremiah 25:29

For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished?

God is saying here that the evil that I bring will be punishment for Jerusalem because they have not kept my statutes and law. They have gone after other gods (Baal, the grove, Molech, Chemosh, etc.). God says I do evil for my reasons.

Jeremiah 26:3

God tells Jeremiah to stand in the court of the Lord's house. Tell everyone that comes from the cities of Judah all the words that I command and do not diminish the words in any fashion. Here is what you shall say, "If you hearken and turn from your evil, I will turn (repent) from the evil which I purpose to do unto you because of the evil of your doings." God says when I cause the Babylonians to slaughter you and kill your pregnant women and innocent babies, pillaging and burning carrying you naked into captivity in shame it will be because of your rebellion.

Jeremiah 26:13

Amend your ways and doings and the Lord will turn from the evil that he hath pronounced you. God has already pronounced this evil that he will do.

Jeremiah 26:19

Micah pronounces the judgment of God on Zion and Jerusalem. They will be plowed like a hill and become heaps. Yet Hezekiah did not put him to death. He feared the Lord and sought the Lord and God turned from the evil which he had pronounced against them. Then Jeremiah says referring back to Hezekiah's humility, "Thus might we procure great evil against our souls." He was saying we will cause great evil to come from God if we do not fear and seek him. God brings evil men against Ms children as swords to cut them down and cause them to repent. Then he destroys the sword. God does evil.

Jeremiah 32:23

Jeremiah says that God gave Israel this land flowing with milk and honey. He says they came into the land, possessed it and they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing that thou commanded them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them. Jeremiah is saying mat God gave Israel the land when they come out of Egypt. This came about during the book of Judges. They went after Baal and the grove in the 2— chapter and continued for 300 years under Judges. Then from their first king Saul to their last king Zedekiah they continually went after the Sun (Baal) and the moon goddess (grove - Venus) and lived in complete disobedience to God. Jeremiah says because of this rebellion God caused all this evil to come upon Judah.

Jeremiah 32:32

God tells Jeremiah because of all the evil of Israel they have provoked me to anger - when God released his anger, rage and fury, he destroyed Israel. He did evil to them.

Jeremiah 32:42

For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. God says I bring evil at disobedience and good for obedience. God says I do good and evil.

Jeremiah 35:17

Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel; Behold. I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them (the great slaughter and destruction of Jerusalem): because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. God says I will bring evil for rebellion.

Jeremiah 36:3

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them. Purpose is a Hebrew word (chashab) that means plait, weave or fabricate. God says I will fabricate evil against Israel for their wickedness.

Jeremiah 36:30, 31

Thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost (his body shall be desecrated in shame) - and I will punish him and his seed and his servants for heir iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them.

God says in verse 29 because Jehoiakim burned the 1st book (scroll) of Jeremiah which said the king of Babylon would come and destroy this land - because of this disdain in casting off God's instructions. God will bring all this evil on Jehoiakim.

Jeremiah 39:16

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.

While Jeremiah was shut up in prison because of his words he says these words to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian. Then he says that God will deliver Ebedmelech. God does evil!

Jeremiah 40:2

Nebuzaraden, captain of Nebuchadnezzer's said to Jeremiah, "The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place (Jerusalem).

Jeremiah 42:10

Jeremiah called the princes of Israel and Judah and all the people unto him saying, "If ye will not abide in the land, then will I build you and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up for I will repent (turn) of the evil that I have done unto you."

Jeremiah 42:17

God says that everyone who tries to escape going into Babylon (where he insists they shall go) by fleeing to Egypt, they shall die by the sword, famine and pestilence, that none shall escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

Jeremiah 44:2, 3

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein -Because of their wickedness (going after Baal and the grove ignoring God's laws) which they have committed to provoke me to anger, when they went to serve other gods -- God said I brought this evil and destruction on Judah.

Jeremiah 44:11

Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.   The next verse 12 tells us: "I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration (curse), an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach." God says I am the one who will set his face to do all this evil.

Jeremiah 44:23

God says because of all your evil and rebellion against me therefore all this evil has happened to you (your destruction by Babylon including the killing of unborn babies and slaughter of women etc.). God says, "and I have done it."

Jeremiah 44:27

Behold, I will watch over them (Israel) for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them - God had Jeremiah repeatedly warn Judah that if they fled to Egypt for refuge during this siege of Judah that God would have them chased down and killed or they would die by famine. If they went peacefully to Babylon where God has ordered that they shall live for 70 years and build houses and plant vineyards, then he would save them alive. God says when you try to run away from my judgments men I will watch over you to do evil unto you. This is a message to his people Israel, the church.

Jeremiah 44:29

And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:

Jeremiah 45:5

Behold I will bring evil upon all flesh (in Israel)

Jeremiah 49:37

I will bring evil upon them (Elam - descendents of Shem), even my fierce anger, saith the Lord: and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

In chapter 51 Jeremiah speaks of all the evil that God is going to bring upon Babylon because they destroyed Israel and God caused them to perform this evil. We don't reason this out. God says it and we believe it.

Jeremiah 51:24, 25

I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion (that I caused them to do) in your sight, saith the Lord - I am against thee, O destroying mountain, that destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and make thee a burnt mountain (a burned capital city (Revelation 18)).

Jeremiah 51:60

So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon (that God said he would do), even all these words that are written against Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:64

(God says that he will cast Babylon into the Euphrates) And thou shalt say Jeremiah, "Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her."

Lamentations 3:37, 38, 39

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? God says here when evil and good is commanded it comes from the mouth of God.

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Jeremiah is saying, "Why is a man complaining about all the evil that God is bringing upon him? It is punishment for his sins."

Lamentations 2:17

After Judah is destroyed and carried away into captivity, they are in Babylon captive. They were carried away naked and in chains after a slaughter that God had arranged leaving a million or more (according to some historians) dead in the fields and in the streets.   Jeremiah is lamenting and weeping because of this sad situation in which his people are found. He speaks in verse 17, "The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he (God) hath caused thine enemy (Babylon) to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn (figurative word for power) of thine adversaries (God caused the power of their enemies to overthrow and destroy them).

Ezekiel 5:5-17

God speaks of Jerusalem's rebellion and idolatry: I have set her in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her (speaking of her captivity - 586 B.C.). They have refused to walk in my judgments and my statutes (verse 6). Because you've done all this idolatry and rebellion (verse7) I am against thee, and will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of all nations (so all can see how I take vengeance on those, my people, who rebel). Verse 8 - I will do in thee that which I have not done (destroying you). Verse 9 - I will make the fathers eat the sons and the sons eat their fathers (cannibalism - verse 10) - neither will I pity. Verse 11 - I will scatter a third part to the winds, and I will draw a sword after them. Verse 12 - Mine anger shall be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them. I the Lord hath spoken (arranged) it, when I have accomplished my fury in them (verse 13) -- I will make thee waste (desolation, desolate) and a reproach (verse 14). I the LORD have spoken (arranged) it - verse 15. When I (the Lord) shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you (verse 16). So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken (arranged) it (verse 17). Does this sound like God will do evil?

Ezekiel 6:10-11

They shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. For they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. God says, "All this evil I will bring upon Judah."

Ezekiel 7:5, 8

Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come (on Judah). God has already set the precedent. He has done all this evil. I shortly pour out my fury upon thee.

Ezekiel 14:21, 22

God says I will send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, the noisome (evil) beast (Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome) and the pestilence, to kill off (cut off) man and beast. Ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem. Does this sound like God will send evil in the form of starvation, disease and conquering armies?

Daniel 9:12

Daniel says concerning Judah's (southern Israel) captivity, "God is bringing on us a great evil."

Daniel 9:13, 14

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us. Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: in all his works that he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. Evil comes from God upon his people. He brings it because of disobedience (Ephesians 2:2).

Joel 2:13

God says when his people repent of their wickedness then he will turn from the evil he has been doing to them.

Amos 3:6

Shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

Amos 9:4

God says concerning Israel, "I will set mine eyes upon them for evil and not for good."

Jonah 3:10

God repented (turned) of the evil that he had planned to do to Nineveh, when they repented. God uses evil men to execute judgment on his people. Only if they repent does God turn from executing the evil.

Micah 1:12

Evil came down from the Lord.

Micah 2:3

Thus saith the Lord against this family do I devise an evil.

Zephaniah 1:12

God says, "I will punish the men of Jerusalem who say the Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil." God says he will be against and punish men who will not attribute evil to him. Say that God will not do evil when you rebelliously reject truth, then evil will come upon you.

Job

God is cruel to Job - Job 30:21

God has afflicted Job - Job 31: 10, 11

God is sovereign over all - Job 26:1-14

God broke Job asunder. He shook him to pieces, killing his children and destroying his substance - Job 16:12-16

God hath overthrown me and compassed me with his net - Job 19:6-13

David

God chooses our way - Psalm 25:12

The word of the Lord is right. All his works, good and evil, are in truth -Psalm 33:4

God knows all his works from the beginning - Acts 15:14-18

Man has no free will to plan evil - Psalm 33:10, 11, 12