Isaiah 48:11
For mine own sake—for mine own sake, will I effectually work For how should it be profaned? And, my glory—to another, will I not give.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver,—I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot of affliction.
12Hearken unto me O Jacob, And Israel, my called one,—I, am, the Same I, the first, yea, I, the last:
Cross References
Numbers 14:15As soon, therefore, as thou hast put to death this people as one man, so soon will the nations who have heard thy fame speak saying:
Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that the taunt of the foe, I feared, Lest their adversaries should mistake,—Lest they should say—Our own hand, is exalted, It is not Yahweh, therefore who hath wrought all this!
Psalms 25:7The sins of my youth, and my transgressions, do not thou call to mind,—According to thine own lovingkindness, remember thou me, for the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.
Isaiah 37:35Thus will I throw a covering over this city to save it,—For mine own sake, And for the sake of David my servant.
Isaiah 43:25I—I, am he that is ready, To wipe out thy transgressions for mine own sake,—And, thy sins, not remember.
Isaiah 52:5Now, therefore, what do I here? Demandeth Yahweh. That my people have been taken away for nought? They who rule them, do howl, Declareth Yahweh, And, continually—all the day, is my Name brought into contempt.
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 →