For my name’s sake... — The thought is two-fold, in answer to the implied question why Jehovah had not punished so guilty a people: (1) after the manner of men, that had He destroyed His chosen people, the nations of the world would have thought Him changeable and capricious; (2) taking “name” as the symbol of character, that He might assert His own everlasting righteousness and love, as willing to save rather than destroy.
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Isaiah 48:9
9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.