Isaiah 48

You have neither heard nor understood;     from of old your ears have not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are;     you were called a rebel from birth. 9 For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath;     for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,     so as not to destroy you completely. 10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver;     I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this.     How can I let myself be defamed?     I will not yield my glory to another.