Isaiah 57:16
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
רוּחַ
spirit
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רוּחַ
Spirit, wind, breath. Ruach. The breath of God that gives life. The Holy Spirit. The same word used when the Spirit hovered over the waters of creation.
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רִיב
I will conduct a case
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רִיב
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
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עָטַף
it will grow faint
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עָטַף
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
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קָצַף
I will be angry
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קָצַף
to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage
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