I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
Parallel translations
- WEB “I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
- KJV I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
- NKJV I am the Lord, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.
- NASB “I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to idols.
- NLT “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols.
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Quick answer
God declares His name is Yahweh and that He will not share His glory with idols.
Overview
The Lord asserts His exclusive deity and refuses to yield His glory to carved images. His unique name and unrivaled glory demand undivided worship. This jealousy for His own honor undergirds the whole anti-idolatry argument and the exclusive worship rightly given to Him in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Isa 48:11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
- Isa 43:11I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
- Exod 34:14For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Exod 20:3–5You shall have no other gods before Me.
- Ps 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Exod 3:13–15Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
- Exod 4:5“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
- John 5:23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
- John 8:58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
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