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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Isaiah 48:11

For my own sake, [even] for my own sake, will I do [it]: for how should [my name] (n) be profaned? (o) and I will not give my glory to another.

(n) God joins the salvation of his with his own honour: so that they cannot perish, but his glory would be diminished, as in (Deuteronomy 32:27).

(o) Read (Isaiah 42:8).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 48:11. _FOR HOW SHOULD_ MY NAME _BE POLL__uted _- "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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR 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 sho...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 48 The Divine Restatement Concerning His People, Their Condition and Future 1. _Their condition and Jehovah's predictions (Isaiah 48:1)_ 2. _Jehovah acts for His Name's sake (Isaiah 48:9)_ 3....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A RECAPITULATION OF THE ARGUMENT FROM PROPHECY. To the original text a redactor has added a commentary (bracketed below) from a different standpoint. Whereas the prophet regarded Israel as having more...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FOR MINE OWN SAKE. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_, for great emphasis. I WILL NOT GIVE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:5)....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b. PERSPECTIVE TEXT: Isaiah 48:9-16 9 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. 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as si...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. HOW SHOULD (MY NAME) BE POLLUTED? Maurer, instead of "my name...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LET THE EXILES TRUST IN JEHOVAH, AND COME OUT OF BABYLON 1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit. 12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history, and l...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DO _it_] i.e. execute My purpose....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In the Bible, the word ‘name’ does not merely mean the word that we may use to call someone. It also means that person’s honour, character and authority. So when the *Lord protects his name, he is act...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WILL I DO IT... — The neuter pronoun includes the whole work of redemption. FOR HOW SHOULD MY NAME BE POLLUTED? — The italics show that “my name” is not in the Hebrew, but the context requires its ins...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לְמַעֲנִ֧י לְמַעֲנִ֛י אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה כִּ֣י אֵ֣יךְ יֵחָ֑ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR MINE OWN SAKE, EVEN FOR MINE OWN SAKE, WILL I DO IT,.... Defer his anger, not cut off his people and destroy them, but redeem and save them: this, in the literal sense, respects the redemption and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 48:1. _Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:1 Despite Israel’s stubborn unbelief, God pursues his purpose of redemption. He will free them from Babylon for his own sake. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE GOVERNING PRINCIPLE OF GOD’S PROVIDENCE Isaiah 48:9. _For My name’s sake, &c._ It is possible that the design of this verse may be to answer an objection. “If the character of the nation is such,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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