And God said: "My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
Isaiah 57:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version For I will not contend unceasingly, and I will not be angry to the end. For I will exhale my breath, and the Spirit will go forth from my face. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 For 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I will not contend forever, neither will I be angry always, for [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would faint and be consumed before Me, and [My purpose in] creating the souls of men would be frustrated. American Standard Version (1901) For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made. Common English Bible I won’t always accuse, nor will I be enraged forever. It is my own doing that their spirit is exhausted— I gave them breath! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be angry unto the end: because the spirit shall go forth from my face, end breathings I will make. English Standard Version 2016 For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made. |
And God said: "My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
And when the Angel of the Lord had extended his hand over Jerusalem, so that he might destroy it, the Lord took pity on the affliction. And he said to the Angel who was striking the people: "It is enough. Hold back your hand now." And the Angel of the Lord was beside the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind.
and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.
You will judge this by comparing one measure to another, when he has been cast out. He has decided this, by his stern spirit, for the day of heat.
Therefore, the Lord waits, so that he may take pity on you. And therefore, he will be exalted for sparing you. For the Lord is the God of judgment. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
Thus says the Lord God, who created the heavens and expanded it, who formed the earth and all that springs from it, who gives breath to the people in it, and spirit to those walking on it.
And now, O Lord, you are our Father, yet truly, we are clay. And you are our Maker, and we are all the works of your hands.
Correct me, O Lord, yet truly, do so with judgment, and not in your fury. Otherwise, you will reduce me to nothing.
Why should you be angry unceasingly? And will you continue in this to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil, for you were able to do so."
Then king Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah, secretly, saying: "As the Lord lives, who made this soul for us, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of those men who are seeking your life."
Behold, all souls are mine. Just as the soul of the father is mine, so also is the soul of the son. The soul that sins, the same shall die.
Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Edom, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has been pursuing his brother with the sword and has outraged his brother's compassion, and he has gone beyond his anger and has held onto his indignation until the end.
What God is like you, who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance? No longer will he send forth his fury, because he is willing to be merciful.
The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. The Lord, stretching forth the heavens and founding the earth and forming the spirit of man within him, says:
But they fell prone on their faces, and they said, "O most strong One, the God of the spirits of all flesh, should your anger rage against all, for the sin of one?"
Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live?