Isaiah 48 · Verse 11

Isaiah 48:11

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.
Isaiah 48:11, King James Version

Isaiah 48:11 in other translations

BSBFor My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
WEBFor my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.
ASVFor mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.
YLTFor My sake, for Mine own sake, I do it, For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.
DARBYFor mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
BBEFor myself, even because of my name, I will do it; for I will not let my name be shamed; and my glory I will not give to another.
WebsterFor my own sake, even for my own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory to another.

What does Isaiah 48:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. 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 ever, the heathen would attribute their triumph over Israel to their idols; so God's glory would be given to another.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 For 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, ὁτι το εμον ονομα βεβηλουται. The Syriac and Vulgate get over the difficulty, by making the verb in the first person; that I may not be blasphemed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 48:9-15

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…

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Isaiah 48:11 in the original Hebrew

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לְמַעֲנִ֧יle.ma.'a.Nifor own sake myH4616
לְמַעֲנִ֛יle.ma.'a.Nifor own sake myH4616
אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה'e.'e.SehI will actH6213
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אֵ֣יךְ'eikhhow?H349
יֵחָ֑לye.Chalwill it be profanedH2490
וּכְבוֹדִ֖יu.khe.vo.Diand glory myH3519
לְאַחֵ֥רle.'a.Cherto anotherH312
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
אֶתֵּֽן\׃\ \ס'e.TenI will giveH5414

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 48:11

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 43:25

    I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 20:44

    And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

  • Numbers 14:15-16

    Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

  • Deuteronomy 32:26-27

    I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

  • Ezekiel 20:39

    As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

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mine own.
9
for how.
52:5; Nu 14:15,16; De 32:26,27; Eze 20:9,39; Ro 2:24
my name.{Shemi,} "my name," is supplied by one MS. and the LXX.
I will not.
5; 42:8; Joh 5:23

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Context

  • Isaiah 48:10

    Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

  • Isaiah 48:11

    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.

  • Isaiah 48:12

    Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

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Isaiah 48:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por mí, por amor de mí lo haré, para que no sea amancillado mi nombre, y mi honra no la daré á otro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		À cause de moi-même, à cause de moi-même, je le ferai; car comment mon nom serait-il profané? Et je ne donnerai pas ma gloire à un autre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Um meinetwillen, um meinetwillen will ich es tun; denn wie würde mein Name entweiht werden! und meine Ehre gebe ich keinem anderen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propter me, propter me faciam, ut non blasphemer; et gloriam meam alteri non dabo.