Isaiah 48:9

But He, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; And He abounded in turning back His anger And did not arouse all His wrath.

Therefore Yahweh waits with longing to be gracious to you, And therefore He is on high to have compassion on you. For Yahweh is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who wait for Him.

‘Indeed I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’”

“I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.

Thus says Yahweh, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, ‘Do not make it a ruin, for there is benefit in it,’ So I will act on behalf of My slaves In order not to make all of them a ruin.

“But I turned back My hand and acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

“But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.