Yesaya 57:16

57:16 For I will not be hostile ¹  forever

or perpetually angry,

for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, ² 

the life-giving breath I created.

Yesaya 57:18

57:18 I have seen their behavior, ³ 

but I will heal them and give them rest,

and I will once again console those who mourn. ⁴ 

[57:16]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “argue,” or “accuse” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[57:16]  ² tn Heb “for a spirit from before me would be faint.”

[57:18]  ³ tn Heb “his ways” (so KJV, NASB, NIV); TEV “how they acted.”

[57:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I will restore consolation to him, to his mourners.”