Isaiah 57:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

I will not

Micah 7:18

The souls

Hebrews 12:9

General references

Bible References

I will not

But He, full of pity, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; yea, many times He turned His anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath.

Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

He will not always chasten, nor will He keep His anger forever.

O Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not keep His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.

The souls

So says Jehovah God, He who created the heavens and stretched them out, spreading out the earth and its offspring; He who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it.

And they fell upon their faces and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin and will You be angry with all the congregation?

If He sets His heart on man, if He gathers to Himself his spirit and his breath,

then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.

Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

The burden of the Word of Jehovah for Israel, says Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

General references

all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust.

Make the weak hands strong and make the feeble knees sure.

For the Lord will not cast off forever;

And He said to her, For this saying go, the demon has gone out of your daughter.