57:16 For I will not be hostile 1 forever
or perpetually angry,
for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, 2
the life-giving breath I created.
57:1 The godly 3 perish,
but no one cares. 4
Honest people disappear, 5
when no one 6 minds 7
that the godly 8 disappear 9 because of 10 evil. 11
3:20 after they were disobedient long ago 12 when God patiently waited 13 in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark 14 a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.