9. For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
10. Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11. For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12. Hearken unto me, Jacob, and thou Israel, my called. I am HE; I, the first, and I, the last.
13. Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together.
14. All ye, gather yourselves together, and hear: which among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah hath loved shall execute 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 his way shall be prosperous.
16. Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
17. Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am Jehovah thy God who teacheth thee for thy profit, who leadeth thee in the way that thou shouldest go.
18. Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;