Isaiah 57:14-19

14He says, “Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

15For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

16For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.

17I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.

18I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn.

19I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the Lord, “and I will heal them.