Catholic Public Domain Version
"Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty. "
— Isaiah 48:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”
“Behold, I have refined thee, but not as 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 in that time. And even before today, you did not hear of them; otherwise, you might say, “Behold, I knew them.”
You have neither heard, nor known, nor were your ears open in that time. For I knew that you would transgress greatly, and so I called you a transgressor from the womb.
For the sake of my name, I will take the face of my fury far away. And for the sake of my praise, I will bridle you, lest you perish.
Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty.
For my sake, for my own sake, I will do it, so that I may not be blasphemed. For I will not give my glory to another.
Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call. I am the same, I am the first, and I am the last.
Also, my hand has founded the earth, and my right hand has measured the heavens. I will call them, and they will stand together.