Isaiah 2:22

2:22 Stop trusting in human beings,

whose life’s breath is in their nostrils.

For why should they be given special consideration?

Isaiah 57:16

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.

1 tn Or perhaps, “argue,” or “accuse” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

2 tn Heb “for a spirit from before me would be faint.”