Isaiah 48:9

Isaiah 48:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"For my name's sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For My name’s sake I will defer My anger, And for My praise I will restrain it from you, So that I do not cut you off.

Context of Isaiah 48:9

7they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. 8Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb. 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. 10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do [it]; for how should [my name] be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.

Isaiah 48:9 word by word

לְמַ֤עַן שְׁמִי֙ אַאֲרִ֣יךְ אַפִּ֔י וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י אֶחֱטָם־לָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הַכְרִיתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• sakeמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• praiseתְּהִלָּהtehillâh · praiseH8416
• cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772

Cross-references for Isaiah 48:9

• Isaiah 48:11For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do [it]; for how should [my name] be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
• Isaiah 37:35And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
• Isaiah 43:25— I, I [am] He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
• Joshua 7:9When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], they will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. And what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
• 1 Samuel 12:22For Jehovah will not cast away his people for his great name's sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.
• Psalms 25:11For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
• Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
• Psalms 106:8Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his might.
• Psalms 143:11Revive me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake; in thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble;
• Jeremiah 14:7Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many — we have sinned against thee.
• Ezekiel 20:9But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they were, in whose sight I had made myself known unto them in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
• Daniel 9:17And now, our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
• Nehemiah 9:30And many years didst thou forbear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; but they would not give ear: and thou gavest them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
• Psalms 78:38But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:
• Psalms 103:8Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.
• Proverbs 19:11The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Commentaries on Isaiah 48:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9And for my praise "And for the sake of my praise" - I read תהלתי ולמען ulemaan tehillathi . The word למען lemaan, though not absolutely necessary here, for it may be understood as supplied from the preceding member, yet seems to have been removed from hence to Isaiah 48:11; where it is redundant, and where it is not repeated in the Septuagint, Syriac, and a MS. I have therefore omitted it in the latter place, and added it here.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9For my name‘s sake - (See the notes at Isaiah 43:25; compare Isaiah 66:5). It is possible that the design of this verse may be, to answer an objection. If the character of the nation is such, it might be said, why should God desire to restore them again to their own land? If their sins have been so great as to make these heavy judgments proper, why not suffer them to remain under the infliction of the deserved judgment? Why should God interpose? why raise…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It was to refine them, but not as silver; not so thoroughly as men refine silver. If God should take that course, they are all dross, and, as such, might justly be put away. He takes them as refined in part only. Many have been brought home to God as chosen…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11This prophecy is a disputation, a speech in which the prophet argues a set of points against his audience.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. refrain--literally, "muzzle"; His wrath, after the return, was to be restrained a while, and then, because of their sins, let loose again (Psa 78:38). for thee--that is, mine anger towards thee.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings