Isaiah 48:9
7 They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
8 You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
10 See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise, I hold it back for you so that I don’t cut you off.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and [for] my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
- BLB
- For the sake of My name, I will lengthen My nose, and [for] My praise I will hold it back from you, so as to not cut you off.
- ÅB
- For mitt navns skyld er jeg langmodig, og for min æres skyld legger jeg bånd på meg og skåner deg, så du ikke skal bli utryddet.
- OTB
- For Mitt navns skyld utsetter Jeg Min vrede; for Min pris holder Jeg den tilbake for deg, for ikke å kutte deg av.
- B1930
- For mitt navns skyld er jeg langmodig, og for min æres skyld legger jeg bånd på mig og skåner dig, så du ikke skal bli utryddet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
Read in contextPsalms 78:38
And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:35
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Read in contextPsalms 143:11
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
Read in contextPsalms 106:8
Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:22
But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
Read in contextPsalms 103:8–10
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
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