Catholic Public Domain Version
"For my sake, for my own sake, I will do it, so that I may not be blasphemed. For I will not give my glory to another. "
— Isaiah 48:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“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, 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 alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!”
“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.”
“For 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.”
“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.”
You have neither heard, nor known, nor were your ears open in that time. For I knew that you would transgress greatly, and so I called you a transgressor from the womb.
For the sake of my name, I will take the face of my fury far away. And for the sake of my praise, I will bridle you, lest you perish.
Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.
For my sake, for my own sake, I will do it, so that I may not be blasphemed. For I will not give my glory to another.
Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call. I am the same, I am the first, and I am the last.
Also, my hand has founded the earth, and my right hand has measured the heavens. I will call them, and they will stand together.
Gather together, all of you, and listen. Who among them has announced these things? The Lord has loved him; he will do his will with Babylon, and his arm is upon the Chaldeans.