World English Bible
Isaiah 57:16
“For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 57
He will say, "Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid [my face] and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
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Prophecies of judgment and hope, pointing to the coming Messiah.
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