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16 For I will not continually accuse, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirits would grow faint before me, even the souls that I have made.
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I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me— the very people I have created.
17 Because of their wicked covetousness I was angry; I struck them, I hid and was angry; but they kept turning back to their own ways.
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I was enraged by their sinful greed; I punished them, and hid my face in anger, yet they kept on in their willful ways.
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will lead them and repay them with comfort, creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips.
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I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners,
19 Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord; and I will heal them.
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creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the LORD. “And I will heal them.”
20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea that cannot keep still; its waters toss up mire and mud.
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But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
21 There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.
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“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
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