English Standard Version
Isaiah 48:11
11For 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will rescue you for my sake— yes, for my own sake! I will not let my reputation be tarnished, and I will not share my glory with idols!
Context of Isaiah 48:11
9"For my name's sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. 10Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. 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. 12"Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last. 13My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together.
Read all of Isaiah 48Isaiah 48:11 word by word
לְמַעֲנִ֧י לְמַעֲנִ֛י אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה כִּ֣י אֵ֣יךְ יֵחָ֑ל וּכְבוֹדִ֖י לְאַחֵ֥ר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 48:11
- Isaiah 48:9"For my name's sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.
- Isaiah 52:5Now therefore what have I here," declares the Lord, "seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail," declares the Lord, "and continually all the day my name is despised.
- Numbers 14:15Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard your fame will say,
- Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces; I will wipe them from human memory,"
- Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
- Romans 2:24For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
- Isaiah 48:5I declared them to you from of old, before they came to pass I announced them to you, lest you should say, 'My idol did them, my carved image and my metal image commanded them.'
- Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
- John 5:23that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
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
Topics related to Isaiah 48:11
In the dictionaries
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
English Standard Version — © 2001 Crossway Bibles
Commentaries