Isaiah 57:16-18

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¹⁶ I will not accuse my people forever.
    I will not always be angry.
If I continued to show my anger,
    then the human spirit, the life I gave them, would die before me.
¹⁷ Israel’s evil greed made me angry,
    so I punished them.
I turned away from them
    because I was angry.
But they continued to do wrong.
    They did whatever they wanted.
¹⁸ I have seen their way of life, but I will heal them.
    I will guide and comfort them and those who mourn for them.