Isaiah 57:16
King James Version
“For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls I have made.”
Context
13When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name Holy; I dwell in the high and holy with him also of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls I have made.
17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
19I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to far off, and to near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.