Isaiah 57:15-17
EasyEnglish Bible
15 The Mighty God is far higher than all others. He rules from above and he lives for ever. His name is holy. He says,
‘I live in a high and holy place.
But I am also with anyone who is humble
and who is sorry when he does wrong things.
I will comfort people who are like that,
and I will give them hope.
16 I will not always speak against my people.
I will not be angry with them for ever.
I do not want them to lose hope completely.
I myself gave life to them.
17 I was angry with them because they were greedy,
which was a sin.
So I punished them.
I was angry and I turned away from them.
But they still refused to obey me.
They continued to do what they wanted to do.
Isaiah 57:15-17
English Standard Version
15 For thus says (A)the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is (B)Holy:
(C)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also (D)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
(E)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 (F)For I will not contend forever,
nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
and the breath of life that I made.
17 Because of the iniquity of his (G)unjust gain I was angry,
I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
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