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

9Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name, I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out. 10I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering. 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! 12“Listen to me, O family of Jacob, Israel my chosen one! I alone am God, the First and the Last. 13It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth, my right hand that spread out the heavens above. When I call out the stars, they all appear in order.”

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 48:9Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name, I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.
• Isaiah 52:5What is this?” asks the Lord. “Why are my people enslaved again? Those who rule them shout in exultation. My name is blasphemed all day long.
• Numbers 14:15Now if you slaughter all these people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of your fame will say,
• Deuteronomy 32:26I would have annihilated them, wiping out even the memory of them.
• Ezekiel 20:9But I didn’t do it, for I acted to protect the honor of my name. I would not allow shame to be brought on my name among the surrounding nations who saw me reveal myself by bringing the Israelites out of Egypt.
• Romans 2:24No wonder the Scriptures say, “The Gentiles blaspheme the name of God because of you.”
• Isaiah 48:5That is why I told you what would happen; I told you beforehand what I was going to do. Then you could never say, ‘My idols did it. My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!’
• Isaiah 42:8“I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols.
• John 5:23so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring 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

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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