Ezekiel 20:9

20:9 I acted for the sake of my reputation, ¹  so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, ²  before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. ³ 

Ezekiel 20:14

20:14 I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:22

20:22 But I refrained from doing so, ⁴  and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Psalms 25:11

25:11 For the sake of your reputation, ⁵  O Lord,

forgive my sin, because it is great. ⁶ 

Psalms 79:9-10

79:9 Help us, O God, our deliverer!

For the sake of your glorious reputation, ⁷  rescue us!

Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! ⁸ 

79:10 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants

be avenged among the nations! ⁹ 

Psalms 115:1

Psalm 115 ¹⁰ 

115:1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us!

But to your name bring honor, ¹¹ 

for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness. ¹² 

Isaiah 48:9-11

48:9 For the sake of my reputation ¹³  I hold back my anger;

for the sake of my prestige ¹⁴  I restrain myself from destroying you. ¹⁵ 

48:10 Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;

I have purified you ¹⁶  in the furnace of misery.

48:11 For my sake alone ¹⁷  I will act,

for how can I allow my name to be defiled? ¹⁸ 

I will not share my glory with anyone else! ¹⁹ 

Jeremiah 14:7

14:7 Then I said, ²⁰ 

“O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name ²¹ 

even though our sins speak out against us. ²² 

Indeed, ²³  we have turned away from you many times.

We have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 14:21

14:21 For the honor of your name, ²⁴  do not treat Jerusalem ²⁵  with contempt.

Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. ²⁶ 

Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it! ²⁷ 

Daniel 9:17

9:17 “So now, our God, accept ²⁸  the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to ²⁹  your devastated sanctuary for your own sake. ³⁰ 

Daniel 9:19

9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” ³¹ 

[20:9]  ¹ tn Heb “for the sake of my name.”

[20:9]  ² tn Heb “before the eyes of the nations in whose midst they were.”

[20:9]  ³ tn Heb “to whom I made myself known before their eyes to bring them out from the land of Egypt.” The translation understands the infinitive construct (“to bring them out”) as indicating manner. God’s deliverance of his people from Egypt was an act of self-revelation in that it displayed his power and his commitment to his promises.

[20:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “drew my hand back.” This idiom also occurs in Lam 2:8 and Ps 74:11.

[25:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “name.” By forgiving the sinful psalmist, the Lord’s reputation as a merciful God will be enhanced.

[25:11]  ⁶ sn Forgive my sin, because it is great. The psalmist readily admits his desperate need for forgiveness.

[79:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “the glory of your name.” Here and in the following line “name” stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[79:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “your name.”

[79:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “may it be known among the nations, to our eyes, the vengeance of the shed blood of your servants.”

[115:1]  ¹⁰ sn Psalm 115. The psalmist affirms that Israel’s God is superior to pagan idols and urges Israel to place their confidence in him.

[115:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “give glory.”

[115:1]  ¹² sn The psalmist asks the Lord to demonstrate his loyal love and faithfulness, not simply so Israel may benefit, but primarily so that the Lord will receive honor among the nations, who will recognize, contrary to their present view (see v. 2), that Israel’s God is committed to his people.

[48:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “for the sake of my name” (so NAB, NASB); NLT “for my own sake.”

[48:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and my praise.” לְמַעַן (lÿma’an, “for the sake of”) is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[48:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “I restrain [myself] concerning you not to cut you off.”

[48:10]  ¹⁶ tc The Hebrew text has בְּחַרְתִּיךָ (bÿkhartikha, “I have chosen you”), but the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a reads correctly בחנתיכה (“I have tested you”). The metallurgical background of the imagery suggests that purification through testing is the idea.

[48:11]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew text repeats לְמַעֲנִי (lÿma’ani, “for my sake”) for emphasis.

[48:11]  ¹⁸ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “for how can it be defiled?” The subject of the verb is probably “name” (v. 9).

[48:11]  ¹⁹ sn See 42:8.

[14:7]  ²⁰ tn The words “Then I said” are not in the text. However, it cannot be a continuation of the Lord’s speech and the people have consistently refused to acknowledge their sin. The fact that the prayer here and in vv. 19-22 are followed by an address from God to Jeremiah regarding prayer (cf. 4:11 and the interchanges there between God and Jeremiah and 15:1) also argues that the speaker is Jeremiah. He is again identifying with his people (cf. 8:18-9:2). Here he takes up the petition part of the lament which often contains elements of confession of sin and statements of trust. In 14:1-6 God portrays to Jeremiah the people’s lamentable plight instead of their describing it to him. Here Jeremiah prays what they should pray. The people are strangely silent throughout.

[14:7]  ²¹ tn Heb “Act for the sake of your name.” The usage of “act” in this absolute, unqualified sense cf. BDB 794 s.v. עָוֹשָׂה Qal.I.r and compare the usage, e.g., in 1 Kgs 8:32 and 39. For the nuance of “for the sake of your name” compare the usage in Isa 48:9 and Ezek 20:9, 14.

[14:7]  ²² tn Or “bear witness against us,” or “can be used as evidence against us,” to keep the legal metaphor. Heb “testify against.”

[14:7]  ²³ tn The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) can scarcely be causal here; it is either intensive (BDB 472 s.v. כִּי 1.e) or concessive (BDB 473 s.v. כִּי 2.c). The parallel usage in Gen 18:20 argues for the intensive force as does the fact that the concessive has already been expressed by אִם (’im).

[14:21]  ²⁴ tn Heb “For the sake of your name.”

[14:21]  ²⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:21]  ²⁶ tn English versions quite commonly supply “us” as an object for the verb in the first line. This is probably wrong. The Hebrew text reads: “Do not treat with contempt for the sake of your name; do not treat with disdain your glorious throne.” This is case of poetic parallelism where the object is left hanging until the second line. For an example of this see Prov 13:1 in the original and consult E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 103-4. There has also been some disagreement whether “your glorious throne” refers to the temple (as in 17:12) or Jerusalem (as in 3:17). From the beginning of the prayer in v. 19 where a similar kind of verb has been used with respect to Zion/Jerusalem it would appear that the contextual referent is Jerusalem. The absence of an object from the first line makes it possible to retain part of the metaphor in the translation and still convey some meaning.

[14:21]  ²⁷ tn Heb “Remember, do not break your covenant with us.”

[9:17]  ²⁸ tn Heb “hear.” Here the verb refers to hearing favorably, accepting the prayer and responding positively.

[9:17]  ²⁹ tn Heb “let your face shine.” This idiom pictures God smiling in favor. See Pss 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19.

[9:17]  ³⁰ tn Heb “for the sake of my Lord.” Theodotion has “for your sake.” Cf. v. 19.

[9:19]  ³¹ tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18.