Isaiah 57:16-18

Common English Bible

¹⁶ I won’t always accuse,
    nor will I be enraged forever.
    It is my own doing that their spirit is exhausted—
    I gave them breath!
¹⁷ I was enraged about their illegal profits;
    I struck them; in rage I withdrew from them.
Yet they went on wandering wherever they wanted.
¹⁸     I have seen their ways, but I will heal them.
    I will guide them,
        and reward them with comfort.
And for those who mourn,