Isaiah 57:16-18

New International Version - UK

¹⁶ I will not accuse them for ever,
    nor will I always be angry,
for then they would faint away because of me –
    the very people I have created.
¹⁷ I was enraged by their sinful greed;
    I punished them, and hid my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their wilful ways.
¹⁸ I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;
    I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners,