Isaiah 48:9-13

“For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off.

“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another. Rescue Promised

“Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last.

“Assuredly My hand founded the earth, And My right hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, they stand together.