Isaiah 48:11
For mine owne sake, for mine owne sake wil I doe it: for how should my Name be polluted? surely I wil not giue my glory vnto another.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
10Behold, I haue fined thee, but not as siluer: I haue chosen thee in the fornace of affliction.
12Heare me, O Iaakob and Israel, my called, I am, I am the first, and I am the last.
Cross References
Numbers 14:15That thou wilt kill this people as one man: so the heathen which haue heard the fame of thee, shall thus say,
Deuteronomy 32:27Saue that I feared the furie of the enemie, least their aduersaries should waxe proude, and least they should say, Our hie hande and not the Lord hath done all this:
Psalms 25:7Remember not the sinnes of my youth, nor my rebellions, but according to thy kindenesse remember thou me, euen for thy goodnesse sake, O Lord.
Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this citie to saue it, for mine owne sake, and for my seruant Dauids sake.
Isaiah 43:25I, euen I am he that putteth away thine iniquities for mine owne sake, and will not remember thy sinnes.
Isaiah 52:5Nowe therefore what haue I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for naught, and they that rule ouer them, make them to howle, saith the Lord? and my Name all the day continually is 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 →