Isaiah 48:9-13

9For my name’s sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I restrain it for thee, that I cut thee not off. 10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.1 11For my own sake, even for my own sake, will I do it : for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory to another. 12Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 13My hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together.2