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11 For my own sake—Yes, for my own sake!—I’m doing it;
    indeed, how can I be profaned?[a]
        Furthermore, I won’t give my glory to another.”

The Lord Calls Israel

12 “Listen to these things,[b] Jacob,
    and Israel, whom I have called.
I am the One: I am the first,
    I am even[c] the last.
13 Moreover, my hands laid[d] the earth’s foundation,
    and my right hand spread out the heavens.
I call out to them,
    and[e] they stand up together.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:11 Or can I wait; so 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read can it be profaned; 4QIsad MT read can it wait; LXX reads can my name be profaned
  2. Isaiah 48:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read me
  3. Isaiah 48:12 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsad reads also
  4. Isaiah 48:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read hand laid
  5. Isaiah 48:13 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac 4QIsad LXX; MT lacks and