American Standard Version
"Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. "
— Isaiah 48:10, American Standard Version
“Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”
“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.”
“Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.”
“Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.”
“See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.”
“Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”
They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.