Isaiah 48:11
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
12Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
Cross References
Numbers 14:15If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
Deuteronomy 32:27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
Isaiah 37:35‘I 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 He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Isaiah 52:5And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
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 →