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Isaiah 57:16

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For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.

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Verse 16. End. I will not always threaten or be angry. Genesis 6:3. Calmet.—Spirit. Holy Ghost. S. Iræn. verse 12. Saint Augustine—God spares the humble penitent, and grants what they desire with as much eagerness as a sailor does a fair wind. Worthington.—He does not regard the indifferent. Bible.

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