Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 57:16
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For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
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For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
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For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.
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Isaiah 57
14 And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
16 For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
17 I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
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