Isaiah 42:8

I am Yahweh, that is my name; 1 and my glory I will not share with another nor my praise with carved idols. 1

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I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

In Context

7to open the eyes of the blind, to release the prisoners from the dungeon, 1 and from the house of confinement those who sit in darkness. 1

9See, the previous things came to pass, 1 now I am about to declare new events. 1 Before they begin to occur I will tell you about them.” 1

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Cross References

Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM THAT I AM.” God said, “You must say to the Israelites, 'I AM has sent me to you.'”

Exodus 20:3You must have no other gods before me.

Psalms 83:18Then they will know that you alone, Yahweh, 1 are the Most High over all the earth.

Isaiah 48:5therefore I declared these things to you beforehand; before they happened I informed you, 1 so you could not say, 'My idol has done them,' or 'My carved figure and my cast metal figure has ordained these things.' 1

Isaiah 48:11For my own sake, for my own sake I will act; for how can I allow my name to be profaned? 1 I will not give my glory to anyone else. 1

John 5:23so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:6-13

The Messiah's Approach. ( b. c. 708.) 5 Thus saith God the Lord , he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: 6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that… Read the whole commentary →

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