🕊️WEB · Isaiah 48:10
What does Isaiah 48:10 mean?
"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction."
— Isaiah 48:10 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
They are created now, and not from of old; and before today you didn’t hear them; lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
Yes, you didn’t hear; yes, you didn’t know; yes, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger, and for my praise I hold it back for you, so that I don’t cut you off.
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another.
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last.
Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens. when I call to them, they stand up together.
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