'Permit' in the Bible

Who made the world like a wildernessAnd overthrew its cities,Who did not permit his prisoners to return home?’

“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it [I refrain and do not completely destroy you];For how can My Name be defiled and profaned [as it would if My chosen people were completely destroyed]?And I will not give My glory to another [by permitting the worshipers of idols to triumph over you].