“For My Name’s Sake”
Here the Lord says that for his “name's sake” and for his “praise” he would not cut Israel off, despite their wickedness. The reasoning is similar to that used by Moses when he interceded in behalf of Israel after the incident with the golden calf. Moses' argument was threefold: first, that they were God's people, he having brought them out of Egypt by his own power; second, that God's glory was thus involved and would be shamed in the sight of Israel's enemies; and third, that God had covenanted with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to raise up a mighty nation from their seed. (Exodus 32:11-14.)