Isaiah 48:9

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For the sake of My name, I delay My wrath; for My praise, I restrain it for you, so as not to cut you off.

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  • Ps 78:38 : 38 Yet He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. Time and again, He restrained His anger and did not stir up His full wrath.
  • Isa 48:11 : 11 For My own sake—yes, for My own sake—I will act. For how can My name be defiled? I will not give My glory to another.
  • Neh 9:30-31 : 30 For many years, You were patient with them. You warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, yet they would not listen. So You gave them into the hands of the peoples of the lands. 31 Still, in Your great mercies, You did not utterly destroy them or abandon them, for You are a gracious and merciful God.
  • Ps 103:8-9 : 8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. 9 He will not always accuse, nor will He harbor His anger forever. 10 He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
  • Ps 106:8 : 8 Yet He saved them for His name’s sake, to make His mighty power known.
  • Ps 143:11 : 11 For the sake of your name, Lord, preserve my life. In your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
  • Prov 19:11 : 11 A person’s wisdom makes them slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
  • Isa 37:35 : 35 I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.
  • Isa 43:25 : 25 I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
  • Ps 25:11 : 11 For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
  • Josh 7:9 : 9 The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of this and surround us. They will cut off our name from the earth. And then, what will you do for your great name?
  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not abandon His people for the sake of His great name, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 Though our iniquities testify against us, LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
  • Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and where I had made myself known to them by bringing them out of Egypt.
  • Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
  • Ezek 20:22 : 22 But I withdrew my hand and acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
  • Ezek 20:44 : 44 Then you will know that I am the LORD when I deal with you for the sake of my name, not according to your evil ways or your corrupt practices, house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.
  • Dan 9:17-19 : 17 Now, our God, hear the prayer and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary. 18 Incline Your ear, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our pleas before You on account of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercy. 19 Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, pay attention and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, my God, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.
  • Ps 79:9 : 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your name.

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  • Isa 48:10-11
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    10Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

    11For My own sake—yes, for My own sake—I will act. For how can My name be defiled? I will not give My glory to another.

  • 9But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they lived and where I had made myself known to them by bringing them out of Egypt.

  • Isa 54:7-9
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    7For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

    8In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.

    9To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn not to be angry with you or rebuke you.

  • 22But I withdrew my hand and acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.

  • 14But I acted for the sake of my name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

  • 25I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

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    21But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they had gone.

    22Therefore, say to the house of Israel: 'This is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.

  • 4For the sake of my servant Jacob and Israel, my chosen one, I have called you by name and given you a title of honor, though you do not know me.

  • Ps 89:33-34
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    33then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.

    34But I will not remove my steadfast love from him, nor will I betray my faithfulness.

  • 8Yet He saved them for His name’s sake, to make His mighty power known.

  • Hos 11:8-9
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    8How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within Me; My compassion grows warm and tender.

    9I will not carry out My fierce anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man—the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath.

  • 11For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

  • 4Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride on horses. We will no longer call what we have made with our hands 'our gods.' In you the orphan finds mercy.

  • 42Then my wrath against you will subside, and my jealousy will turn away from you. I will be calm and no longer angry.

  • 25Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.

  • Isa 57:16-17
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    16I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit would faint before me—the breath of life that I created.

    17Because of their sinful greed, I was angry; I struck them and turned away in anger, yet they continued in their willful ways.

  • 19I was afraid of the fierce anger and wrath the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me that time also.

  • 11For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you with justice but will not leave you entirely unpunished.

  • 22For the LORD will not abandon His people for the sake of His great name, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.

  • 44Then you will know that I am the LORD when I deal with you for the sake of my name, not according to your evil ways or your corrupt practices, house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • 9Then this city will bring me joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth who hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and peace I provide for it.

  • 34I will defend this city and save it for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.

  • 16But I have raised you up for this purpose: that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

  • 35I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.

  • 24Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "I will gain relief from My adversaries and avenge Myself on My enemies.

  • 4Since you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.

  • 14Let me alone, so I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they are.'

  • 1On that day, you will say, "I will praise you, LORD, for even though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me."

  • 38Yet He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. Time and again, He restrained His anger and did not stir up His full wrath.

  • 8I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.

  • 10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger may turn away from us.

  • 18Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have compassion. Even though they cry out loudly in My ears, I will not hear them.'

  • 14I will make your enemies pass into a land you do not know, for a fire is kindled in My anger, and it will burn against you.

  • 21Pay attention to him and listen to his voice. Do not rebel against him, for he will not forgive your rebellion, since my name is in him.

  • 19Your descendants would have been as numerous as the sand, and your offspring like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before Me.

  • 1For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation like a blazing torch.

  • 25For in just a little while, my indignation against you will end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.

  • 45For their sake, I will remember the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God: I am the LORD.

  • 10Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation."

  • 21But You, Lord my God, act on my behalf for the sake of Your name; because Your steadfast love is good, deliver me.

  • 28Because of your raging against Me and your arrogance that has reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came.

  • 9But if I say, 'I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,' His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.

  • 9I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.