Isaiah 48:9 “For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My prai…”

Isaiah 48:9

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.

Bible in Basic English

Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.

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Cross references

“my name's”

Psalm 79:9 Isaiah 37:35 Psalm 106:8 Psalm 143:11 Isaiah 48:11 Isaiah 43:25

Psalm 79:9 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 37:35 · BSB

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Psalm 106:8 · BSB

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

Psalm 143:11 · BSB

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

Isaiah 48:11 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 43:25 · BSB

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

“defer”

Psalm 78:38 Psalm 103:8–10 Proverbs 19:11 Nehemiah 9:30 Nehemiah 9:31

Psalm 78:38 · BSB

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.

Psalm 103:8–10 · BSB

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

Proverbs 19:11 · BSB

A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

Nehemiah 9:30 · BSB

You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

Nehemiah 9:31 · BSB

But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Also

Isaiah 30:18

Isaiah 30:18 · BSB

Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8You 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.

10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

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