Isaiah 48:9
For my Names sake will I defer my wrath, and for my praise will I refraine it from thee, that I cut thee not off.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
10Behold, I haue fined thee, but not as siluer: I haue chosen thee in the fornace of affliction.
Cross References
Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall heare of it, and shall compasse vs, and destroy our name out of the earth: and what wilt thou doe vnto thy mightie Name?
Nehemiah 9:30Yet thou diddest forbeare them many yeeres, and protestedst among them by thy Spirite, euen by the hande of thy Prophets, but they woulde not heare: therefore gauest thou them into the hande of the people of the lands.
Psalms 78:38Yet he being merciful forgaue their iniquitie, and destroied them not, but oft times called backe his anger, and did not stirre vp all his wrath.
Psalms 103:8The Lord is full of compassion and mercie, slowe to anger and of great kindnesse.
Psalms 143:11Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Names sake, and for thy righteousnes bring my soule out of trouble.
Isaiah 30:18Yet therefore will the Lord waite, that he may haue mercy vpon you, and therefore wil he be exalted, that hee may haue compassion vpon you: for the Lord is the God of iudgement. Blessed are all they that waite 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 →