Isaías 57:16

16 Porque no contenderé para siempre, ni siempre estaré enojado, pues el espíritu desfallecería ante mí, y el aliento de los que yo he creado.

Isaías 57:16 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend for ever
By afflictive providences; with the humble and contrite, the end being in a great measure answered by their humiliation and contrition; when God afflicts his people, it shows that he has a controversy with them, for their good, and his own glory; and when these ends are obtained, he will carry it on no longer: neither will I be always wroth;
as he seems to be in the apprehensions of his people, when he either hides his face from them, or chastises them with a rod of affliction: for the spirit should fail before me;
the spirit of the afflicted, which not being able to bear up any longer under the affliction, would sink and faint, or be "overwhelmed", as the word ^F3 signifies: and the souls which I have made;
which are of God's immediate creation, and which are also renewed by his grace, and made new creatures. The proselytes Abraham made are called the souls he made in Haran, ( Genesis 12:5 ) , much more may this be said of the Father of spirits, the author both of the old and new creation. The Lord knowing the weakness of the human frame, therefore restrains his hand, or moderates or removes the affliction; see a like reason in ( Psalms 78:38 ) ( Psalms 103:9 Psalms 103:13 Psalms 103:14 ) , the last days of trouble to God's people, which will be the time of the slaying of the witnesses, will be such that if they are not shortened, no flesh can be saved, but for the elect's sake they will be shortened, ( Matthew 24:22 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Pwjey) "obrueretur", Junius & Tremellius, Vitriuga; "in deliquium incideret", Piscator, Gataker.

Isaías 57:16 In-Context

14 Y se dirá: Construid, construid, preparad el camino, quitad los obstáculos del camino de mi pueblo.

15 Porque así dice el Alto y Sublime que vive para siempre, cuyo nombre es Santo: Habito en lo alto y santo, y también con el contrito y humilde de espíritu, para vivificar el espíritu de los humildes y para vivificar el corazón de los contritos.

16 Porque no contenderé para siempre, ni siempre estaré enojado, pues el espíritu desfallecería ante mí, y el aliento de los que yo he creado.

17 A causa de la iniquidad de su codicia, me enojé y lo herí; escondí mi rostro y me indigné, y él siguió desviándose por el camino de su corazón.

18 He visto sus caminos, pero lo sanaré; lo guiaré y le daré consuelo a él y a los que con él lloran,