Isaiah

⁹For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. ¹⁰Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. ¹¹For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another. ¹²Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. ¹³Yea, mine hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. ¹⁴Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. ¹⁵I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.