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 today you have not heard them, So that you will not say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’ 8You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth. For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off. 10Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.

Isaiah 48:9 word by word

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

• For the sakeמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
• of My nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• delayאָרַךְ'ârak · to prolongH748
• My wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• My praiseתְּהִלָּהtehillâh · praiseH8416
• I restrainחָטַםchâţam · to restrainH2413
• In order not to cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• you offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772

Cross-references for Isaiah 48:9

• Isaiah 48:11For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.
• Isaiah 37:35‘For I will protect this city to save it for My own sake, and for My servant David’s sake.’”
• Isaiah 43:25“I, I alone, am the one who wipes out your wrongdoings for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.
• Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear about it, and they will surround us and eliminate our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name?”
• 1 Samuel 12:22For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
• Psalms 25:11For the sake of Your name, Lord, Forgive my wrongdoing, for it is great.
• Psalms 79:9Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And save us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your name.
• Psalms 106:8Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, So that He might make His power known.
• Psalms 143:11For the sake of Your name, Lord, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
• Jeremiah 14:7Though our wrongdoings testify against us, Lord, act for the sake of Your name! Our apostasies have indeed been many, We have sinned against You.
• Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for the sake of My name, that it would not be defiled in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
• Daniel 9:17So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his pleas, and for Your sake, Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.
• Nehemiah 9:30However, You remained patient with them for many years, And admonished them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, Yet they would not listen. Therefore You handed them over to the peoples of the lands.
• Psalms 78:38But He, being compassionate, forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them; And often He restrained His anger And did not stir up all His wrath.
• Psalms 103:8The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.
• Proverbs 19:11A person’s discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook an offense.

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