Isaiah 48:11

Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

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“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
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“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it [I refrain and do not completely destroy you];
For how can My Name be defiled and profaned [as it would if My chosen people were completely destroyed]?
And I will not give My glory to another [by permitting the worshipers of idols to triumph over you]. ¹²
“Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called;
I am He, I am the First, I am the Last.

For My Sake

Shamed

Isaiah 42:8

“I am the Lord, that is My Name;
My glory I will not give to another,
Nor My praise to carved idols.

Ezekiel 20:9

But I acted for My Name’s sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 32:26-27

‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away],
I will remove the memory of them from men,”

Numbers 14:15-16

Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations (Gentiles) that have heard of Your fame will say,

1 Samuel 12:22

The Lord will not abandon His people for His great name’s sake, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.

Isaiah 37:35

‘For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Isaiah 43:25

“I, only I, am He who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,
And I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 48:5

I have declared them to you long ago;
Before they came to pass I announced them to you,
So that you could not say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my cast image have commanded them.’

Isaiah 52:5

But now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason? Those who rule over them howl [with taunting and mockery of salvation],” declares the Lord, “and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

Jeremiah 14:7

“O Lord, though our many sins testify against us” [prays Jeremiah],
“Act now [for us and] for Your name’s sake [so that the faithless may witness Your faithfulness]!
For our backslidings are countless;
We have sinned against You.

Ezekiel 20:14

But I acted for My Name’s sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations in whose sight I had brought them out [of slavery].

Ezekiel 20:22

Yet I withdrew My hand and acted for My Name’s sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations in whose sight I had brought them out [of slavery].

Ezekiel 20:39

“As for you, O house of Israel,” thus says the Lord God, “Go, let everyone serve his idols; but later you shall most certainly listen to Me, and you shall no longer profane My holy name with your gifts and with your idols.

Ezekiel 20:44

And you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord when I have dealt with you for My Name’s sake, not in accordance with your evil ways nor with your corrupt conduct, O house of Israel,” says the Lord God.’”

John 5:23

so that all will give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] the one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who has sent Him.

Romans 2:24

For, “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written [in Scripture].