Isaiah 48:11
For Mine own sake, even for Mine own sake will I do it; 1 for how can I allow Chillul Hashem? 1 And I will not give My kavod unto another. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12Pay heed unto Me, 1 O Ya'akov and Yisroel, My called; 1 I am He; I am Rishon, 1 I also am Acharon. 1
Cross References
Numbers 14:15Now if Thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the Goyim which have heard the fame of Thee will speak, saying,
Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, 1 lest their adversaries should misinterpret, 1 and lest they should say, Our hand is triumphant, 1 and Hashem hath not done all this. 1
Psalms 25:7[Chet] Remember not the chattot of my youth, 1 nor my peysha'im; 1 according to Thy chesed remember Thou me 1 for the sake of Thy goodness, Hashem. 1
Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for Mine Own sake, and for the sake of Dovid Avdi.
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am He that blotteth out 1 thy peysha'im for Mine own sake, 1 and will not remember thy chattot. 1
Isaiah 52:5Now therefore, what have I here, saith Hashem, that My people is taken away for nothing? They that rule over them mock them, saith Hashem; and all day long Shemi (My Name) is continually 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 →