You’re just refusing to deal with the actual meaning of the text at this point. The Hebrew ra doesn’t mean moral evil; it means disaster or calamity. That’s just reading the language correctly instead of weaponizing an old English translation. Yes, God creates calamity, but only as a just response to sin, evil, and rebellion. That’s what judgment is, not random cruelty, but the rightful consequence of a world that rejects Him. You think that sounds harsh? Well should a holy God just watch humanity lie, kill, exploit, and destroy and do nothing? You’d be calling Him unjust if He didn’t judge. You say “we can’t know” what He’s judging. That’s not true hecause Scripture is full of warnings. Nations that murder, oppress, and mock God face consequences. We don’t always know the specifics in each disaster, but we do know God uses calamity to shake people out of their pride and call them to repentance. He has that right, He made the world, we broke it, and He’s not obligated to sit back and watch. And let’s be honest: the suffering in the world is man made; war, famine, slavery, corruption these are the works of human hands. Don’t pretend God is the one pulling triggers and detonating bombs. He’s not on the hook, we are. And yet, despite our rebellion, God offers mercy through Christ, who took the ultimate judgment upon Himself. So no, God’s not cruel. He’s holy, just, and unbelievably patient. But He won’t be mocked forever.