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For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.
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God's Compassionate Limit
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse reveals God's compassionate nature. He promises not to remain angry or discipline His people forever because He knows our spirits are frail. If His wrath were unending, humanity, which He created, would be utterly destroyed. This shows that God's correction is for restoration, not annihilation.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For I will not contend for ever - I will not be angry with My people forever, nor always refuse to pardon and comfort them (). This…
19th Century
Anglican
I will not contend for ever ... —The words come as a message of comfort to the penitent who is still bearing the chastise…
Baptist
For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
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16th Century
Protestant
Because not for ever will I strive. He continues the same doctrine. It was difficult to persuade them of this, since during that painful c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For I will not contend for ever By afflictive providences; with the humble and contrite, the end being in a great me…
The idols and their worshippers will come to nothing; but those who trust in God's grace will be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there…
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13th Century
Catholic
The just perishes. Here the prophet shows the difference between those who obey God’s counsels and those who do not, conc…
