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17 Your greed made me furious.
That's why I punished you
    and refused to be found,
while you kept returning
    to your old sinful ways.

18 I know what you are like!
But I will heal you, lead you,
    and give you comfort,
until those who are mourning
19     (A) start singing my praises.[a]
No matter where you are,
I, the Lord, will heal you[b]
    and give you peace.

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Footnotes

  1. 57.18,19 until … praises: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 57.19 heal you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

17 I was enraged by their sinful greed;(A)
    I punished them, and hid(B) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.(C)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal(D) them;
    I will guide(E) them and restore comfort(F) to Israel’s mourners,
19     creating praise on their lips.(G)
Peace, peace,(H) to those far and near,”(I)
    says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”

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