Verse 10
Isaiah 48:10
World English Bible, British Edition
10
Behold, I have refined you,
but not as silver.
I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִנֵּ֥ה צְרַפְתִּ֖י/ךָ וְ/לֹ֣א בְ/כָ֑סֶף בְּחַרְתִּ֖י/ךָ בְּ/כ֥וּר עֹֽנִי
English Translation
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
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Chapter 48 Context
1
“Hear this, house of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel,
and have come out of the water...
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2
for they call themselves citizens of the holy city,
and rely on the God (Elohim) of Israel;
the LORD...
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3
I have declared the former things from of old.
Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them....
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4
Because I knew that you are obstinate,
and your neck is an iron sinew,
and your brow bronze;
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5
therefore I have declared it to you from of old;
before it came to pass I showed it to you;
lest you...
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6
You have heard it.
Now see all this.
And you, won’t you declare it?
“I have shown you new things fro...
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7
They are created now, and not from of old.
Before today, you didn’t hear them,
lest you should say,...
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8
Yes, you didn’t hear.
Yes, you didn’t know.
Yes, from of old your ear was not opened,
for I knew tha...
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9
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...
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10
Behold, I have refined you,
but not as silver.
I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11
For my own sake,
for my own sake, I will do it;
for how would my name be profaned?
I will not give m...
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12
“Listen to me, O Jacob,
and Israel my called:
I am he.
I am the first.
I am also the last.
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13
Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
and my right hand has spread out the heavens.
whe...
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14
“Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear!
Who amongst them has declared these things?
He whom the...
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15
I, even I, have spoken.
Yes, I have called him.
I have brought him
and he shall make his way prosper...
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16
“Come near to me and hear this:
“From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
from the time that...
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17
The LORD,
your Redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel, says:
“I am the LORD your God (Elohim),
who teaches...
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18
Oh that you had listened to my commandments!
Then your peace would have been like a river
and your r...
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19
Your offspring also would have been as the sand
and the descendants of your body like its grains.
Hi...
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20
Leave Babylon!
Flee from the Chaldeans!
With a voice of singing announce this,
tell it even to the e...
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21
They didn’t thirst when he led them through the deserts.
He caused the waters to flow out of the roc...
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22
“There is no peace”, says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
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