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.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
12Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I endure forever.
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, 1 Lest their enemies should combine against them; 1 Lest they should say, Our own high arm, 1 And not the Lord, has done all these things. 1
Psalms 25:7To hear the voice of praise, 1 And to declare all thy wonderful works. 1
Isaiah 37:35I will protect this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
Isaiah 43:25I, 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 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 →