Isaiah 48:9
For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath;
What it says
For the sake of His name the LORD delays His wrath and restrains Himself from destroying them.
What it is doing
This verse explains divine patience as an act of self-vindicating mercy.
In context
1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, 2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city 3I foretold the former things long ago; 4For I knew that you are stubborn; 5Therefore I declared it to you long ago; 6You have heard these things; look at them all. 7They are created now, and not long ago; 8You have never heard; you have never understood; 9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; 10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; 11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act;