Isaiah 48:11
The reason I'm doing this is because of who I am, yes, because of my very nature. I won't let my reputation be damaged—I won't let anyone else have it.
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10Look how I've refined you, but not like silver—I chose you in the furnace of trouble.
12Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, the one I called. Only I am God. I am the first, and I am the last.
Cross References
Numbers 14:15If you kill all these people in one go, the nations who have heard about you will say,
Deuteronomy 32:27but I didn't want to hear their conquerors jeering, their enemies misunderstanding what had happened and saying, ‘We won all by ourselves, the Lord didn't have anything to do with it.’
Psalms 25:7Please don't remember the sins of my youth when I rebelled against you. Instead, remember me according to your trustworthy love, remember me because of your goodness, Lord.
Isaiah 37:35I will defend this city and save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
Isaiah 43:25I, yes I am the God who wipes out your sins because of who I am, and who doesn't remember your sins any more.
Isaiah 52:5What do I have to do now? asks the Lord. My people have been taken into captivity for no reason. Those who rule them mock them, and I'm treated with contempt that whole time, says the Lord.
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 →