12. I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you.
13. When you cry, let your collection of idols deliver you; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that puts his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
14. And it shall be said,
15. For thus says the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy;
16. For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
17. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him: I hid myself, and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18. I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.