Isaiah 57:16

New English Translation

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.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”

2 Samuel 24:16

When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!” (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

Job 12:10

in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.

Psalm 85:5

Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.

Isaiah 27:8

When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.

Isaiah 30:18

For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

Isaiah 42:5

This is what the true God, the Lord, says – the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:

Isaiah 64:8

Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.

Jeremiah 10:24

Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.

Jeremiah 3:5

You will not always be angry with me, will you? You will not be mad at me forever, will you?’ That is what you say, but you continually do all the evil that you can.”

Jeremiah 38:16

So King Zedekiah made a secret promise to Jeremiah and sealed it with an oath. He promised, “As surely as the Lord lives who has given us life and breath, I promise you this: I will not kill you or hand you over to those men who want to kill you.”

Ezekiel 18:4

Indeed! All lives are mine – the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.

Amos 1:11

This is what the Lord says: “Because Edom has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.

Micah 7:18

There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.

Zechariah 12:1

The revelation of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: The Lord – he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person – says,

Numbers 16:22

Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”

Hebrews 12:9

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?