New English Translation
Isaiah 48:9
9For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.
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
7Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say, ‘Yes, I know about them.’ 8You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth. For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you. 10Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery. 11For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!
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לְמַ֤עַן שְׁמִי֙ אַאֲרִ֣יךְ אַפִּ֔י וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י אֶחֱטָם־לָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הַכְרִיתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 48:9
- Isaiah 48:11For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!
- Isaiah 37:35I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’”
- Isaiah 43:25I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember.
- Joshua 7:9When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?”
- 1 Samuel 12:22The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.
- Psalms 25:11For the sake of your reputation, O Lord, forgive my sin, because it is great.
- Psalms 79:9Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation!
- Psalms 106:8Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power.
- Psalms 143:11O Lord, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!
- Jeremiah 14:7Then I said, “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.
- Ezekiel 20:9I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
- Daniel 9:17“So now, our God, accept the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to your devastated sanctuary for your own sake.
- Nehemiah 9:30You prolonged your kindness with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
- Psalms 78:38Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.
- Psalms 103:8The Lord is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.
- Proverbs 19:11A person’s wisdom 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
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