are broken of heart, for “sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; and a broken and humbled heart God will not hold in contempt.”24 From his eternal and immortal life, therefore, God freely grants such good things to the humble and faint-hearted. And then, addressing them, he says that he will rest among them. [57:16] I will not punish you forever. For I will not always unceasingly take vengeance for sins that have been committed among you. Because you are only human beings, you need vengeance merely
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