Isaiah 48:9
For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and [for] my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Cross References
Joshua 7:9When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], they will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. And what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
Nehemiah 9:30And many years didst thou forbear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; but they would not give ear: and thou gavest them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
Psalms 78:38But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:
Psalms 103:8Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.
Psalms 143:11Revive me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake; in thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble;
Isaiah 30:18And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:2-9
God's Expostulation with His People. ( b. c. 708.) 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord , and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name. 3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed… Read the whole commentary →