Isaiah 57:16-18

EasyEnglish Bible

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.
¹⁸ I have seen what they are doing.
    But I will make them well again.
I will be a guide for them,
    and I will comfort them again.
Then people who are sad and they are weeping