Isaiah 57:16 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 57:16

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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ASV

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.

WEB

For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.

YLT

For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.

DBT

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.

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Psalms 103:9
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Jeremiah 10:24
O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

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The providence of God removing good men apace out of this world. The righteous, as to this world, perish; they are gone and their place knows them no more. Piety exempts none from the arrests of death, nay, in persecuting times, the most righteous are most exposed to the violences of bloody men.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Here is, [1.] A gracious promise. It is not promised that he will never be angry with his people, for their sins are displeasing to him, or that he will never contend with them, for they must expect the rod; but he will not contend for ever, nor be always wroth.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

For--referring to the promise in Isa 57:14, 15, of restoring Israel when "contrite" (Ge 6:3; God "will not contend for ever" with His people, for their human spirit would thereby be utterly crushed, whereas God's object is to chasten, not to destroy them (La 3:33, 34; With the ungodly He is "angry every day" (Ps 7:11;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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