Isaiah 48:9

For the sake of my name will I defer my anger, and because of my praise will I restrain it toward thee, so that I may not cut thee off.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

In Context

8But neither hadst thou heard it; nor didst thou know; nor had in ancient times thy ear been opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and a transgressor wast thou called from thy birth.

10Behold, I have refined thee, though not into silver: I have approved thee in the crucible of affliction.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:9And when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, they will environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth; and what wilt thou do for thy great name?

Nehemiah 9:30Yet thou gavest them indulgence many years, and didst warn them through thy spirit by means of thy prophets; but they gave no ear: therefore didst thou give them up into the hand of the nations of the lands.

Psalms 78:38But he, being merciful, forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not awaken all his fury.

Psalms 103:8Merciful and gracious is the Lord, long-suffering and abundant in kindness.

Psalms 143:11For thy sake, O Lord, revive me: in thy righteousness bring forth out of distress my soul.

Isaiah 30:18And therefore will the Lord wait, to be gracious unto you, and therefore will he exalt himself, to have mercy upon you; for a God of justice is the Lord: happy are all those 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 →

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