Isaiah 57:17
I was enraged by his sinful greed,
What it says
The LORD was angry over greedy sin and struck His people, yet they kept turning to their own way.
What it is doing
This verse names the sin that provoked judgment and the stubbornness that prolonged it.
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,