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For my own sake,לְמַעֲנִיfor my own sakeלְמַעֲנִיI will do it;אֶעֱשֶׂהforכִּיhowאֵיךְwould it be profaned?יֵחָלAnd my gloryוּכְבוֹדִיto anotherלְאַחֵרI will notלֹאgive.אֶתֵּן
Isaiah 48:11
Study it in the app“For my own sake, for my own sake I will do it; for how would it be profaned? And my glory to another I will not give.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 48:11, word by word
- I will do itאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- would it be profanedיֵחָלyechal
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “yechal” appears- And my gloryכְבוֹדִchevodi
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chevodi” appears- to anotherאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- giveאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears
The context
10Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11 · This verse (above)
12Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, my called one: I am the same; I am the first, also I am the last.