Isaiah 57:17

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15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, ^awhose name is Holy:
^b“I dwell in the high and holy place,
^cWith him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
^dTo revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

16 ^aFor I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls ^bwhich I have made.

17 For the iniquity of ^ahis covetousness
I was angry and struck him;
^bI hid and was angry,
^cAnd he went on¹ backsliding in the way of his heart.

18 I have seen his ways, and ^awill heal him;
I will also lead him,
And restore comforts to him
And to ^bhis mourners.

19 “I create ^athe fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace ^bto him who is far off and to him who is near,”
Says the Lord,
“And I will heal him.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 57:17

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth "Because of his iniquity for a short time was I wroth" - For bitso , I read betsa , a little while, from batsa , he cut of, as the Septuagint read and render it, , "a certain short space ." Propter iniquitatem avaritiae ejus , "because of the iniquity of his avarice," the rendering of the Vulgate, which our translators and I believe all others follow, is surely quite beside the purpose.

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