For my own name’s sake(A) I delay my wrath;(B)
    for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
    so as not to destroy you completely.(C)
10 See, I have refined(D) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested(E) you in the furnace(F) of affliction.
11 For my own sake,(G) for my own sake, I do this.
    How can I let myself be defamed?(H)
    I will not yield my glory to another.(I)

Israel Freed

12 “Listen(J) to me, Jacob,
    Israel, whom I have called:(K)
I am he;(L)
    I am the first and I am the last.(M)
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,(N)
    and my right hand spread out the heavens;(O)
when I summon them,
    they all stand up together.(P)

14 “Come together,(Q) all of you, and listen:
    Which of the idols has foretold(R) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally(S)
    will carry out his purpose(T) against Babylon;(U)
    his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]
15 I, even I, have spoken;
    yes, I have called(V) him.
I will bring him,
    and he will succeed(W) in his mission.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20

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.

10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

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