Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isaiah 57:16 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Isaiah 57:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 57 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Isaiah 57:16 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 57:16
This verse reveals God's gracious self-limitation in judgment. "For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth" assures that divine wrath, though righteous, is not eternal toward His people (Psalm 103:9, Jeremiah 3:12). The Hebrew lib (contend/strive) and qatsap (be wroth) emphasize legal dispute and intense anger. God provides the reason: "for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made." If God maintained perpetual wrath, His creatures would be utterly destroyed. The phrase "the spirit should fail" (ya'atof ruach) means the human spirit would faint or b...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 57:16
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“who pardons iniquity”
“correct me”
“He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.”
“Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?”
“we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us”
“being merciful”
“If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath”
“and said”
“My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years.”
“he who created the heavens and stretched them out”