Isaiah 48:11

Isaiah 48:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed? I will not yield my glory to another.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.

Context of Isaiah 48:11

9Because of who I am, I will keep my anger until later. I will not destroy you now, so that people will praise my name. 10Listen! I have made you pure. But I have not done it in the way that people make silver pure. Instead, I have sent pain and trouble to you. That is how I make you pure. I do these things to show who I am. That is why I do it! I will not let people insult my good name. I will not let anyone else share my glory. 12So listen to me, descendants of Jacob! I called you to belong to me, you Israelite people. I am the only One. I am the first, and I am also the last. 13I created the earth with my own hand. With my right hand, I hung up the sky like a curtain. When I call to the stars, they all appear in their places.

Isaiah 48:11 word by word

לְמַעֲנִ֧י לְמַעֲנִ֛י אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה כִּ֣י אֵ֣יךְ יֵחָ֑ל וּכְבוֹדִ֖י לְאַחֵ֥ר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּֽן׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• for mine own sake, will I doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• be pollutedחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• and I will not giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• my gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• unto anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312

Cross-references for Isaiah 48:11

• Isaiah 48:9Because of who I am, I will keep my anger until later. I will not destroy you now, so that people will praise my name.
• Isaiah 52:5But now, what is happening? An enemy has taken my people away as slaves, for no good reason. Their leaders boast loudly, and they insult me all the time.
• Numbers 14:15The people in other nations have heard of your power. So now, if you kill all your people together, the people in those nations will say,
• Deuteronomy 32:26I wanted to remove my people completely, so that nobody would ever remember them.
• Ezekiel 20:9But I did not want the people of other nations to insult my name. I had promised Israel's people that I would bring them out of Egypt. The nations near where the Israelites were living knew this.
• Romans 2:24This is written in the Bible: ‘Because of you Jews, the Gentiles say bad things against God.’
• Isaiah 48:5So I told you about these things a long time ago. Before they happened, I told you about them. Then you could not say, “My idol did them. Yes, my wooden image and my idol made of metal decided that these things would happen.”
• Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord. That is my name. I will not let anyone else share my glory. I will not let people praise idols. I am the only one that they must praise.
• John 5:23Then all people will respect the Son as a great person. They will respect him in the way that they respect the Father. The Father sent the Son. So if people refuse to respect the Son, it shows that they do not respect the Father either.

Commentaries on Isaiah 48:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For how should my name be polluted "For how would my name be blasphemed" - The word שמי shemi, my name, is dropped out of the text; it is supplied by a MS. which has שמי shemi ; and by the Septuagint, ̔ . The Syriac and Vulgate get over the difficulty, by making the verb in the first person; that I may not be blasphemed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For mine own sake - (See Isaiah 48:9). The expression here is repeated to denote emphasis. He had thrown them into the furnace of affliction on his own account, that is, in order that his own name should not be profaned by their irreligion and idolatry, and that the glory which was due to him should not be given to idols. For how should my name be polluted? - The sense is, that it would be inconsistent with his perfections to see his name profaned without…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It was to refine them, but not as silver; not so thoroughly as men refine silver. If God should take that course, they are all dross, and, as such, might justly be put away. He takes them as refined in part only. Many have been brought home to God as chosen…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11For My own sake … I will act: Israel's exile made other nations question the Lord's character and reputation. These nations did not see that Israel's wickedness caused the exile. Instead, they saw it as a failure of Israel's God to protect his people and their land (see Isaiah 36:19–20; 37:12; Ezekiel 36:19–26).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. how should my name--Maurer, instead of "My name" from Is 48:9, supplies "My glory" from the next clause; and translates, "How (shamefully) My glory has been profaned!" In English Version the sense is, "I will refrain (Is 48:9, that is, not utterly destroy thee), for why should I permit My name to be polluted, which it would be, if the Lord utterly destroyed His elect people" (Eze 20:9)? not give my glory unto another--If God forsook His people for…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings