World English Bible
"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction."
— Isaiah 48:10, World English 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. ”
“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 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 did deal very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.
For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not 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, will I do it; for how should [my name] be profaned? and my glory I will not give to another.
"Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am 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.