Isaiah 48:11
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For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.

mine own

Isaiah 48:9 For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.

for how

Isaiah 52:5 And now what have I here, saith the Lord: for my people is taken away gratis. They that rule over them treat them unjustly, saith the Lord, and my name is continually blasphemed all the day long.

Numbers 14:15,16 May hear that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it were one man and may say: . . .

Deuteronomy 32:26,27 I said: Where are they? I will make the memory of them to cease from among men. . . .

Ezekiel 20:9,39 But I did otherwise for my name's sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I made myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. . . .

Romans 2:24 (For the name of God through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.)

my name.

Isaiah 48:5 I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.

Isaiah 42:8 I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.

John 5:23 That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father who hath sent him.

Context
Israel's Stubbornness
10Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty. 11For my own sake, for my own sake will I do it, that I may not be blasphemed: and I will not give my glory to another.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:26
I said: Where are they? I will make the memory of them to cease from among men.

Deuteronomy 32:27
But for the wrath of the enemies I have deferred it: lest perhaps their enemies might be proud, and should say: Our mighty hand, and not the Lord, hath done all these things.

1 Samuel 12:22
And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.

Psalm 25:11
For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.

Psalm 106:8
And he saved them for his own name's sake: that he might make his power known.

Psalm 115:1
Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory.

Isaiah 37:35
And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

Isaiah 42:8
I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.

Isaiah 43:25
I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

Isaiah 48:9
For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.

Jeremiah 14:7
If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee.

Ezekiel 20:9
But I did otherwise for my name's sake, that it might not be violated before the nations, in the midst of whom they were, and among whom I made myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:14
But I spared them for the sake of my name, lest it should be profaned before the nations, from which I brought them out, in their sight.

Daniel 9:17
Now, therefore, O our God, hear the supplication of thy servant, and his prayers: and shew thy face upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate, for thy own sake.

Lexicon
For My own sake,
לְמַעֲנִ֧י (lə·ma·‘ă·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

My very own sake,
לְמַעֲנִ֛י (lə·ma·‘ă·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

I will act;
אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה (’e·‘ĕ·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

how
אֵ֣יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where

can I let Myself be defamed?
יֵחָ֑ל (yê·ḥāl)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

I will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

yield
אֶתֵּֽן׃ (’et·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

My glory
וּכְבוֹדִ֖י (ū·ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

to another.
לְאַחֵ֥ר (lə·’a·ḥêr)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other


Additional Translations
For 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.For my own sake, even for my own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory to another.

For 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.

For mine own sake I will do this for thee, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another.

For 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.

For 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.

For 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.

For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do it; for how should [my name] be profaned? and my glory I will not give to another.

For My sake, for Mine own sake, I do it, For how is it polluted? And Mine honour to another I give not.
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