Isaiah 48:11
For my own sake I will do this for you, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
10Behold, I have sold you, but not for silver; but I have rescued you from the furnace of affliction.
12Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I + 48:12 Gr. am. endure for ever.
Cross References
Numbers 14:15And if you shall destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard your name shall speak, saying,
Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not for the wrath of the enemy, lest they should live long, lest their enemies should combine against them; lest they should say, Our own high arm, and not the Lord, has done all these things.
Psalms 25:7to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all your 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 43:25+ 43:25 Gr. I am, I am I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and your sins; and I will not remember them.
Isaiah 52:5And now why are you⌃ here? Thus says the Lord, Because my people was taken for nothing, wonder you⌃ and howl. Thus says the Lord, On account of you + 52:5 Rom 2:24 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 →