Isaiah 48:9-15

9"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.

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

11For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.

12"Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last.

13My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together.

14"Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The Lord loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.

15I, even I, have spoken and called him; I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.