Isaiah 48:9
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.Isaiah 48:9 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — યશાયા ૪૮:૯
- મારા નામની ખાતર હું મારો કોપ મુલતવી રાખીશ અને મારા સન્માનની ખાતર હું તારો નાશ કરવામાં ધીરજ રાખીશ.
- हिन्दी — यशायाह ४८:९
- “अपने ही नाम के निमित्त मैं क्रोध करने में विलम्ब करता हूँ, और अपनी महिमा के निमित्त अपने आपको रोक रखता हूँ, ऐसा न हो कि मैं तुझे काट डालूँ।
In context
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 you so 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.
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