Isaiah 48:9
For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
Cross References
Joshua 7:9and the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land do hear, and have come round against us, and cut off our name out of the earth; and what dost Thou do for Thy great name?'
Nehemiah 9:30'And Thou drawest over them many years, and testifiest against them by Thy Spirit, by the hand of Thy prophets, and they have not given ear, and Thou dost give them into the hand of peoples of the lands,
Psalms 78:38And He — the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.
Psalms 103:8Merciful and gracious [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.
Psalms 143:11For Thy name's sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul,
Isaiah 30:18And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment [is] Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting 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 →