Isaiah 48:9

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

Updated King James Version

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

8Yea, you heard not; yea, you knew not; yea, from that time that yours ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.

10Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall surround us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do unto your great name?

Nehemiah 9:30Yet many years did you forbear them, and testified against them by your spirit in your prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gave you them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Psalms 78:38But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

Psalms 103:8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

Psalms 143:11Restore life in me, O LORD, for your name's sake: for your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

Isaiah 30:18And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD 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 →

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