Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:16
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16. For —referring to the promise in Isaiah 57:14 ; Isaiah 57:15 , of restoring Israel when "contrite" ( Genesis 6:3 ; Genesis 8:21 ; Psalms 78:38 ; Psalms 78:39 ; Psalms 85:5 ; Psalms 103:9 ; Psalms 103:13 ; Psalms 103:14 ; Micah 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 ( Lamentations 3:33 ; Lamentations 3:34 ; Micah 7:8 ; Micah 7:9 ). With the ungodly He is "angry every day " ( Psalms 7:11 ; Revelation 14:11 ). spirit . . . before me —that is, the human spirit which went forth from Me ( Revelation 14:11- : ), answering to "which I have made" in the parallel clause. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-17" class="com-number"
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