Text -- Isaiah 48:11 (NET)

48:11 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!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 48:11

¹ tn The Hebrew text repeats לְמַעֲנִי (lÿma’ani, “for my sake”) for emphasis.

² tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “for how can it be defiled?” The subject of the verb is probably “name” (v. 9).

³ sn See 42:8.