Isaiah 28:11

28:11 For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue

he will speak to these people. ¹ 

Isaiah 42:8

The Lord Intervenes

42:8 I am the Lord! That is my name!

I will not share my glory with anyone else,

or the praise due me with idols.

Isaiah 48:11

48:11 For my sake alone ²  I will act,

for how can I allow my name to be defiled? ³ 

I will not share my glory with anyone else! ⁴ 

Isaiah 65:15

65:15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. ⁵ 

The sovereign Lord will kill you,

but he will give his servants another name.

[28:11]  ¹ sn This verse alludes to the coming Assyrian invasion, when the people will hear a foreign language that sounds like gibberish to them. The Lord is the subject of the verb “will speak,” as v. 12 makes clear. He once spoke in meaningful terms, but in the coming judgment he will speak to them, as it were, through the mouth of foreign oppressors. The apparent gibberish they hear will be an outward reminder that God has decreed their defeat.

[48:11]  ² tn The Hebrew text repeats לְמַעֲנִי (lÿma’ani, “for my sake”) for emphasis.

[48:11]  ³ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “for how can it be defiled?” The subject of the verb is probably “name” (v. 9).

[48:11]  ⁴ sn See 42:8.

[65:15]  ³ tn Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.”