Isaiah 48:11
For my own sake will I do it: for how would [my name] be dishonored? and my glory will I not give unto another.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
12Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel, my called one; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Cross References
Numbers 14:15That thou hast killed this people as one man: then will the nations that have heard thy fame, say in this manner,
Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their oppressors should mistake the truth, lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not wrought all this.
Psalms 25:7The sins of my youth and my transgressions do not remember: according to thy kindness bear thou me in remembrance, for the sake of thy goodness, O Lord.
Isaiah 37:35And I will shield this city to save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
Isaiah 43:25I, it is I that blot out thy transgressions for my own sake, and thy sins I will not remember.
Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here, saith the Lord, since my people hath been taken away for naught? its rulers vaunt aloud, saith the Lord, and continually, all the day, is my name 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 →