57:15 For this is what the high and exalted one says,
the one who rules 1 forever, whose name is holy:
“I dwell in an exalted and holy place,
but also with the discouraged and humiliated, 2
in order to cheer up the humiliated
and to encourage the discouraged. 3
57:16 For I will not be hostile 4 forever
or perpetually angry,
for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, 5
the life-giving breath I created.
57:17 I was angry because of their sinful greed;
I attacked them and angrily rejected them, 6
yet they remained disobedient and stubborn. 7
57:18 I have seen their behavior, 8
but I will heal them and give them rest,
and I will once again console those who mourn. 9
57:19 I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. 10
Complete prosperity 11 is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,”
says the Lord, “and I will heal them.