Isaiah 48:11
For 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
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10Look, I refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction. 1
12Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, whom I called: 1 I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 1
Cross References
Numbers 14:15Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations that have heard of your fame will speak and say,
Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, 1 and that their enemies would judge mistakenly, 1 and that they would say, 'Our hand is exalted,' 1 I would have done all this. 1
Psalms 25:7Do not think about the sins of my youth or my rebelliousness; 1 Call me to mind with covenant faithfulness because of your goodness, Yahweh! 1
Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city and rescue it, for my own sake and for David my servant's sake.”
Isaiah 43:25I, yes, I, am he who blots out your offenses for my own sake; and I will not call to mind your sins any longer. 1
Isaiah 52:5Now what do I have here—this is Yahweh's declaration—seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock—this is Yahweh's declaration—and my name is blasphemed continually all day long. + 52:5 Instead of mock , some versions identify a different Hebrew word meaning wail . 1
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 →