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Atomic Bible
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
from Healing for the Repentant, Isaiah 57:14-21
What it says

The high and holy God who inhabits eternity also dwells with the contrite to revive them.

What it is doing

This verse states the chapter's central paradox of divine transcendence joined to tender nearness.

In context

14And it will be said, 15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, 16For I will not accuse you forever, 17I was enraged by his sinful greed, 18I have seen his ways, 19bringing praise to their lips. 20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, 21“There is no peace,” says my God,