“For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,and for my praise, I hold it back for youso that I don’t cut you off.”
Isaiah 48:9 (WEB)
Context Reading
7They are created now, and not from of old.Before today, you didn’t hear them,lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’ 8Yes, you didn’t hear.Yes, you didn’t know.Yes, from of old your ear was not opened,for I knew that you dealt very treacherously,and were called a transgressor from the womb. 9For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,and for my praise, I hold it back for youso that I don’t cut you off. 10Behold, I have refined you,but not as silver.I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. 11For my own sake,for my own sake, I will do it;for how would my name be profaned?I will not give my glory to another.