NET Bible
"Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery."
— Isaiah 48:10, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say,‘Yes, I know about them.’
You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.
For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.
For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else!
Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.
Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.