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16 For I will not attack forever,
    and I will not be angry forever,
for the spirit will grow faint before me,
    and the breaths that I myself I have made.
17 I was angry because of his sin of gain, and I struck him;
    I hid and I was angry, but[a] he walked apostate, in the ways[b] of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, but[c] I will heal him;
    and I will lead him and give him and his mourners comfort as a recompense,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:17 Or “and”
  2. Isaiah 57:17 Hebrew “way”
  3. Isaiah 57:18 Or “and”

16 I will not accuse(A) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,(B)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people(C) I have created.
17 I was enraged by their sinful greed;(D)
    I punished them, and hid(E) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.(F)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal(G) them;
    I will guide(H) them and restore comfort(I) to Israel’s mourners,

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