Isaiah 48:11
For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.
12Hearken to me, O Jacob, and thou Israel whom I call: I am he, I am the first, and I am the last.
Cross References
Numbers 14:15May hear that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it were one man and may say:
Deuteronomy 32:27But for the wrath of the enemies I have deferred it: lest perhaps their enemies might be proud, and should say: Our mighty hand, and not the Lord, hath done all these things.
Psalms 25:7The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.
Isaiah 37:35And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
Isaiah 43:25I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here, saith the Lord: for my people is taken away gratis. They that rule over them treat them unjustly, saith the Lord, and my name is continually blasphemed all the 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 →