Behold, I have refined you,
but not as silver.
I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Behold, I have refined you,
but not as silver.
I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Isaiah 48:7–13
They are created now, and not from of old.
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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