Isaiah 57:16

For I will not accuse forever, nor will I be angry forever, 1 for then man's spirit would faint before me, the lives that I have made. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15For this is what the high and elevated One says, who lives eternally, whose name is holy, 1 “I live in the exalted and holy place, with him also that is of a crushed and humble spirit, 1 to revive the spirit of the humble ones, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 1

17Because of the sin of his violent gain, I was angry, and I punished him; I hid my face and was angry, 1 but he went backward in the way of his heart. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 16:22Moses and Aaron lay facedown and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all humanity, if one man sins, must you be angry with all the community?”

Job 12:10In his hand is the life of every living thing 1 and the breath of all mankind. 1

Psalms 78:38Yet he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. 1 Yes, many times he held back his anger 1 and did not stir up all his wrath. 1

Psalms 103:9He will not always discipline; 1 he is not always angry. 1

Isaiah 27:8In exact measure you have contended, sending Jacob and Israel away; he drove them away with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. + 27:8 Instead of In exact measure , many modern versions have an idea similar to By driving them away . 1

Isaiah 42:5This is what God Yahweh says— 1 the one who created the heavens and stretched them out, the one who made the earth and all that it produces, 1 the one who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who live on it: 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:14-17

Vanity of Idols; Divine Greatness and Condescension. ( b. c. 706.) 13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people. 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place,… Read the whole commentary →

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