OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 17

Isaiah 57:17

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I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him.

I hid myself and was angry;

and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

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Isaiah 57:17 in context

Isaiah 57:14–20

14

He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way!

Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”

15

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,

whose name is Holy, says:

“I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit,

to revive the spirit of the humble,

and to revive the heart of the contrite.

16

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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I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him.

I hid myself and was angry;

and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

18

I have seen his ways, and will heal him.

I will lead him also,

and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

19

I create the fruit of the lips:

Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,”

says the LORD; “and I will heal them.”

20

But the wicked are like the troubled sea;

for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.

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