Isaiah 57:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶For 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.

Isaiah 57:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 7:18
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Psalms 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Psalms 103:9-16
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. …
Jeremiah 10:24
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Topics

Anger Atheism Attributes of God Chastisement Correction God Guidance Judgments

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-16)

Here, I. God shows how insufficient idols and creatures were to relieve and succour those that worshipped them and confided in them (Isa. 57:13): “ When thou criest in thy distress and anguish, lamentest thy misery and callest for help, let thy companies deliver thee, thy idol-gods which thou hast heaped to thyself companies of, the troops of the confederate forces which thou hast relied so much u…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16. For--referring to the promise in Is 57:14, 15, of restoring Israel when “contrite” (Ge 6:3; 8:21; Psa 78:38, 39; 85:5; 103:9, 13, 14; Mi 7:18). God “will not contend for ever” with His people, for their human spirit would thereby be utterly crushed, whereas God’s object is to chasten, not to destroy them (La 3:33, 34; Mi 7:8, 9). With the ungodly He is “angry every day” (Psa 7:11; Re 14:11). s…