Isaiah 48:11 · 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.”
— Isaiah 48:11
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. {with...: or, for silver}
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I {am} he; I {am} the first, I also {am} the last.
Isaiah 48 — Context
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.
10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. {with...: or, for silver}
11For 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.
12Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I {am} he; I {am} the first, I also {am} the last.
13Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: {when} I call unto them, they stand up together. {my...: or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out}
Cross References
Isaiah 42:8
I {am} the LORD: that {is} my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Ezekiel 20:9
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they {were}, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 20:14
But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
Isaiah 37:35
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Isaiah 43:25
I, {even} I, {am} he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
1 Samuel 12:22
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Ezekiel 20:22
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
Jeremiah 14:7
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou {it} for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.