Is 57:14-20
14And I say:
Build up, build up, prepare the way,
remove every obstacle from my people’s way.* d
15* For thus says the high and lofty One,
the One who dwells forever, whose name is holy:
I dwell in a high and holy place,
but also with the contrite and lowly of spirit,
To revive the spirit of the lowly,
to revive the heart of the crushed.
16For I will not accuse forever,
nor always be angry;
For without me their spirit fails,
the life breath that I have given.e
17Because of their wicked avarice I grew angry;
I struck them, hiding myself from them in wrath.
But they turned back, following the way
of their own heart.f
18I saw their ways,
but I will heal them.
I will lead them and restore full comfort to them
and to those who mourn for them,g
19creating words of comfort.*
Peace! Peace to those who are far and near,
says the LORD; and I will heal them.
20But the wicked are like the tossing sea
which cannot be still,
Its waters cast up mire and mud.h