Isaiah 48:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֤עַן שְׁמִי֙ אַאֲרִ֣יךְ אַפִּ֔י וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י אֶחֱטָם־לָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הַכְרִיתֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

For the sake of shemî ʾaʾărîk ʾappî and tehillātî ʾeḥĕṭām-for you lebiltî hakrîtekā

Grammar Details

• *shemî*: masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my name
• *ʾaʾărîk*: hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will prolong/extend
• *ʾappî*: masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my anger/nose
• *tehillātî*: feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my praise
• *ʾeḥĕṭām*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will restrain/bridle
• *lebiltî*: preposition + negative particle - so as not to
• *hakrîtekā*: hiphil infinitive construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - cut you off

Word Meanings

• *shemî*: my name/my reputation/my renown
• *ʾaʾărîk*: I will prolong/I will extend/I will defer
• *ʾappî*: my anger/my nose/my wrath
• *tehillātî*: my praise/my glory/my acclaim
• *ʾeḥĕṭām*: I will restrain/I will bridle/I will muzzle
• *hakrîtekā*: cutting you off/destroying you/eliminating you

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:38 : 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave{H8762)} their iniquity, and destroyed{H8686)} them not: yea, many a time{H8689)} turned he his anger away{H8687)}, and did not stir up{H8686)} all his wrath.
• Isa 48:11 : 11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
• Neh 9:30-31 : 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. 31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
• Ps 103:8-9 : 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
• Ps 106:8 : 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
• Ps 143:11 : 11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
• Prov 19:11 : 11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
• Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
• Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
• Isa 43:25 : 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
• Ps 25:11 : 11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
• Josh 7:9 : 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
• 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
• Jer 14:7 : 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
• Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
• Ezek 20:22 : 22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
• Ezek 20:44 : 44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
• Dan 9:17-19 : 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
• Ps 79:9 : 9 Help{H8798)} us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver{H8685)} us, and purge away{H8761)} our sins, for thy name's sake.