Isaiah 48:11
For Mine own sake, for Mine own sake, will I do it; for how should it be profaned? And My glory will I not give to another.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
12Hearken unto Me, O Jacob, and Israel My called: I am He; I am the first, I also am the last.
Cross References
Numbers 14:15now if Thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of Thee will speak, saying:
Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that I dreaded the enemy's provocation, lest their adversaries should misdeem, lest they should say: Our hand is exalted, and not the LORD hath wrought all this.'
Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Thy mercy remember Thou me, for Thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save it, for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.'
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake; and thy sins I will not remember.
Isaiah 52:5Now therefore, what do I here, saith the LORD, seeing that My people is taken away for nought? They that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, and My name continually all the day is blasphemed.
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 →