Isaiah 48:9

Lema'an Shmi (for the sake of My Name) will I defer Mine anger, 1 and for My tehillah (praise) will I refrain for thee, 1 that I cut thee not off. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

8Thou heardest not; thou had no da'as; 1 from of old, thine ozen (ear) was not opened; 1 for I knew that thou wouldest deal as a boged (treacherous betrayer), 1 and thou wast called a poshei'a (rebel, transgressor) from the beten + 48:8 i.e., birth; see Ps 51:5 (womb). 1

10Hinei, I have refined thee, but not as kesef; 1 I have chosen thee in the furnace of oni (affliction). 1

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Cross References

Joshua 7:9For the Kena'ani and all the inhabitants of HaAretz shall hear of it, and shall surround us, and cut off Shemeinu (our name) from HaAretz; and what wilt Thou do unto Thy Shem Hagadol?

Nehemiah 9:30Yet many shanim didst Thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by Thy Ruach + 9:30 Hakodesh by Thy nevi'im; yet would they not give ear; therefore gavest Thou them into the yad of the peoples of the lands.

Psalms 78:38But He, being full of compassion, 1 made kapporah for their avon and destroyed them not; 1 and He many times turned His anger away, 1 and did not stir up all His wrath. 1

Psalms 103:8Hashem is rachum and channun, 1 slow to anger, and plenteous in chesed. 1

Psalms 143:11Revive me, Hashem, l'ma'an (for the sake of) Thy Shem (Name); 1 in Thy tzedakah bring my nefesh out of tzoros. 1

Isaiah 30:18And therefore will Hashem wait, 1 that He may be gracious unto you, 1 and therefore will He be exalted, 1 that He may have rachamim upon you; 1 for Hashem is Elohei Mishpat; 1 Ashrei 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 →

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