Isaiah 57:16-18

World English Bible

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.
¹⁷ 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.