Isaiah 48:9
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For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.

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Isaiah 48:11 For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.

Isaiah 37:35 And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

Isaiah 43:25 I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

Joshua 7:9 The Chanaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land, will hear of it, and being gathered together will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name?

1 Samuel 12:22 And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.

Psalm 25:11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.

Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake:

Psalm 106:8 And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make his power known.

Psalm 143:11 for thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt quicken me in thy justice. Thou wilt bring my soul out of trouble:

Jeremiah 14:7 If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee.

Ezekiel 20:9,14,22,44 But I did otherwise for my name's sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I made myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. . . .

Daniel 9:17-19 Now, therefore, O our God, hear the supplication of thy servant, and his prayers: and shew thy face upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate, for thy own sake. . . .

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Nehemiah 9:30,31 And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands. . . .

Psalm 78:38 But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: and will not destroy them. And many a time did he turn away his anger: and did not kindle all his wrath.

Psalm 103:8-10 The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy. . . .

Proverbs 19:11 The learning of a man is known by patience: and his glory is to pass over wrongs.

Context
Israel's Stubbornness
8Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb. 9For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.10Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:30
And thou didst forbear with them for many years, and didst testify against them by thy spirit by the hand of thy prophets: and they heard not, and thou didst deliver them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Nehemiah 9:31
Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God.

Psalm 78:38
But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: and will not destroy them. And many a time did he turn away his anger: and did not kindle all his wrath.

Psalm 103:8
The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Isaiah 37:35
And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

Isaiah 43:25
I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

Isaiah 48:11
For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.

Isaiah 65:8
Thus saith the Lord: As if a grain be found in a cluster, and it be said: Destroy it not, because it is a blessing: so will I do for the sake of my servants, that I may not destroy the whole.

Ezekiel 20:22
But I turned away my hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, out of which I brought them forth in their sight.

Ezekiel 36:21
And I have regarded my own holy name, which the house of Israel hath profaned among the nations to which they went in.

Lexicon
For the sake
לְמַ֤עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

of My name
שְׁמִי֙ (šə·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

I will delay
אַאֲרִ֣יךְ (’a·’ă·rîḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 748: To be, long

My wrath;
אַפִּ֔י (’ap·pî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

for the sake of My praise
וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י (ū·ṯə·hil·lā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8416: Praise, song of praise

I will restrain it,
אֶחֱטָם־ (’e·ḥĕ·ṭām-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2413: To hold in, restrain

so that you will not
לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

be cut off.
הַכְרִיתֶֽךָ׃ (haḵ·rî·ṯe·ḵā)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant


Additional Translations
For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I cut you not off.

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.

For mine own sake will I shew thee my wrath, and will bring before thee my glorious acts, that I may not utterly destroy thee.

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.

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.

For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off.

For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.
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