15. For this is what the high and exalted One says –he who lives for ever, whose name is holy:‘I live in a high and holy place,but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit,to revive the spirit of the lowlyand to revive the heart of the contrite.
16. I will not accuse them for ever,nor will I always be angry,for then they would faint away because of me –the very people I have created.
17. I was enraged by their sinful greed;I punished them, and hid my face in anger,yet they kept on in their wilful ways.
18. I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners,
19. creating praise on their lips.Peace, peace, to those far and near,’says the Lord. ‘And I will heal them.’