Isaiah 48:9-15

9I will delay my anger for the sake of my name, and I will restrain myself for your benefit and for my praise, so that you will not be destroyed.

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

11I will act for my own sake, indeed, my own, for how can I be defiled? I will not give my glory to another.

12“Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, the one called by me: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last.

13My own hand founded the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summoned them, they stood up together.

14All of you, assemble and listen! Who among the idols has declared these things? The Lord loves him; he will accomplish his will against Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.

15I — I have spoken; yes, I have called him; I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.