Yesaya 48:8-9

48:8 You did not hear,

you do not know,

you were not told beforehand. ¹ 

For I know that you are very deceitful; ² 

you were labeled ³  a rebel from birth.

48:9 For the sake of my reputation ⁴  I hold back my anger;

for the sake of my prestige ⁵  I restrain myself from destroying you. ⁶ 

[48:8]  ¹ tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

[48:8]  ² tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[48:8]  ³ tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[48:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the sake of my name” (so NAB, NASB); NLT “for my own sake.”

[48:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and my praise.” לְמַעַן (lÿma’an, “for the sake of”) is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[48:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “I restrain [myself] concerning you not to cut you off.”