Isaiah 57:16-18

American Standard Version

¹⁶ 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. ¹⁷ For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid my face and was wroth; and he went on ^[a]backsliding in the way of his heart. ¹⁸ I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and ^[b]restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.