I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.
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.
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.