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Isaiah 48:9

Isaiah 48:9
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For my name's sake will I defer mine anger,.... From age to age, for those sins which had been committed, and continued in ever since they were a people. The above account of them shows that it was…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For my name’s sake - (See the notes at Isa 43:25; compare Isa 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 48:9-15

The deliverance of God's people out of their captivity in Babylon was a thing upon many accounts so improbable that there was need of line upon line for the encouragement of the faith and hope of…