Isaiah 48:11

And that only for myne owne sake, yea euen for myne owne sake wyll I do this: or els what dishonour woulde they do to my name? surely I wyll not geue my glorie vnto another.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Beholde I haue purged thee, yet not as siluer, I haue chosen thee in the fire of affliction.

12Hearken vnto me O Iacob, and Israel whom I haue called: I am euen he that is, I am the first and the last.

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Cross References

Isaiah 37:35And I wyll kepe and saue this citie [saith he] for myne owne and for my seruaunt Dauids sake.

Isaiah 43:25Where as I yet, euen I am he onlye that for my owne selues sake do away thine offences, and forget thy sinnes, so that I wyll neuer thinke vpon them.

Isaiah 52:5And nowe, what profite is it to me saith the Lorde? that my people is freely caryed away, & brought into heauinesse by their rulers, and my name euer styll blasphemed saith the Lorde.

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 →

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