Isaiah 48:11
For my sake, for my own sake, I will do it, so that I may not be blasphemed. For I will not give my glory to another.
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10Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.
12Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call. I am the same, I am the first, and I am the last.
Cross References
Numbers 14:15may hear that you have killed so great a multitude, as if they were one man, and they may say:
Deuteronomy 32:27But because of the wrath of the enemies, I have delayed it. Otherwise, perhaps their enemies would be arrogant and would say: “Our exalted hand, and not the Lord, has done all these things.”
Psalms 25:7so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders.
Isaiah 37:35And I will protect this city, so that I may save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David, my servant.”
Isaiah 43:25I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 52:5And now, what is left for me here, says the Lord? For my people have been taken away without cause. Their lords treat them unjustly, says the Lord. And my name is being continually blasphemed all day long.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:10-16
Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 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. 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 13 Mine hand also hath… Read the whole commentary →