Verse set: Isaiah 57:15-21 I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated§↻

57 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

16 For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man's spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.

17 I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.

18 I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn.

19 I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby," says the LORD, "and I will heal them.

20 But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.

21 There will be no prosperity," says my God, "for the wicked."

Put together by Nicodemus.
Created on Feb 15, 2022.