I am Jehovah, that is my name

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I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.
(Isa 42:8 ASV)

Albert Barnes writes:
Isaiah 42:8
I am the Lord - I am Yahweh. Here is also a change in the address. In the previous verses, God had addressed the Messiah. Here he turns to the people, and assures them that he is the only true God, and that he will not suffer the praise that is due to him to be given to any other, or to any graven image. The name Yahweh signifies being, or essential existence (see the note at Isa_1:9). It is a name which is given to none but the true God, and which is everywhere in the Scriptures used to distinguish him from all others.
That is my name - That is the name which I have chosen by which to distinguish myself from all idols, and which I regard as appropriately expressive of my existence and perfections. Thus it is used in Psa_83:18 (compare Psa_96:5).
“And my glory.” The glory, honour, or praise that is due to me.
Will I not give - I will not allow it to ascribed to another; I will not allow another to assume or receive the honour which is due to me.
To another - To any other; whether it be man, or whether it be an idol. God claims that all appropriate honours should be rendered to him, and that men should cherish no opinions, maintain no doctrines, indulge in no feelings, that would be derogatory to the honour of his name. This declaration is designed to counteract the propensity everywhere manifest to attribute to man that which belongs to God, or to ascribe to our own wisdom, skill, or power, that which he alone can accomplish.
Neither my praise - The praise which is due to me. He would not permit graven images to receive the praise of having done that which he himself had accomplished.
This is an interesting passage. If taken by itself without any reference to the new testament it would be fairly consistent with a whole host of old testament passages expressing the uniqueness and glory of Israel's God whose name is Jehovah. But a Christians cannot read the old testament in isolation from the new testament. The old testament is not complete without the new testament and it never was meant to be treated as a finished complete revelation of God.

Does you bible have cross references? Check them out.
 
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