Isaiah 57:16

Peace For The Contrite

¹⁵ For thus says [the] high and lofty one who resides forever, and [whose] name [is] holy: "I reside [in] a high and holy place, and with [the] {contrite} and humble of spirit, to revive [the] spirit of [the] humble, and to revive [the] heart of [the] {contrite}. ¹⁶ For I will not attack forever, and I will not be angry forever, for [the] spirit will grow faint before me, and [the] breaths [that] I myself I have made. ¹⁷ I was angry because of his sin of gain, and I struck him; I hid and I was angry, but he walked apostate, in the ways of his heart.

Angry Forever

Breath of Life

Psalm 85:5

Will you be angry against us forever? Will you prolong your anger generation after generation?

Micah 7:18

Who [is] a God like you, forgiving sin and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says the God, Yahweh, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it.

Genesis 6:3

And Yahweh said, "My Spirit shall not abide with humankind forever in that he [is] also flesh. And his days [shall be] one hundred and twenty years."

Numbers 16:22

And they fell on their faces, and they said, "God, God of the spirits of all flesh, will one man sin and you become angry toward the entire community?"

Job 34:14-15

If he should set his heart to it, and he should gather his spirit and his breath to himself,

Psalm 78:38-39

But he [was] compassionate; he pardoned [their] guilt and did not destroy [them]. And many [times] he turned back his anger and did not stir up all his wrath,

Psalm 103:9-16

He does not dispute continually, nor keep [his anger] forever.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

Jeremiah 10:24

Chastise me, Yahweh, but in moderation, not in your anger, lest you eradicate me.

Jeremiah 38:16

So Zedekiah the king swore to Jeremiah in secret, {saying}, "{As Yahweh lives}, who has made for us this life, I will not kill you and I will not give you into the hand of these men who are seeking your life."

Zechariah 12:1

An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. "{Thus declares} Yahweh, who stretches out [the] heavens, founds [the] earth, and forms the spirit of humankind in its midst:

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?