Isaiah 48:11
For mine own sake I will do this for thee, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
12Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I + 48:12 Gr. am.endure for ever.
Cross References
Numbers 14:15And if thou shalt destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard thy name shall speak, saying,
Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not for the wrath of the enemy, lest they should live long, lest their enemies should combine against them; lest they should say, Our own high arm, and not the Lord, has done all these things.
Psalms 25:7to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all thy wonderful works.
Isaiah 37:35I will protect this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Isaiah 43:25+ 43:25 Gr. I am, I am.I, even I, am he that blots out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and thy sins; and I will not remember them.
Isaiah 52:5And now why are ye here? Thus saith the Lord, Because my people was taken for nothing, wonder ye and howl. Thus saith the Lord, On account of you + 52:5 Rom. 2. 24. my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles.
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 →