Isaiah 48:11
For My sake, for Mine own sake, I do [it], For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
12Hearken to me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called one, I [am] He, I [am] first, and I [am] last;
Cross References
Numbers 14:15'And Thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Thy fame have spoken, saying,
Deuteronomy 32:27If not — the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know — Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.
Psalms 25:7Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
Isaiah 37:35And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'
Isaiah 43:25I — I [am] He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.
Isaiah 52:5And now, what — to Me here, An affirmation of Jehovah, That taken is My people for nought? Its rulers cause howling, — an affirmation of Jehovah, And continually all the day My name is despised.
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 →