“Behold, I have refined you,but not as silver.I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.”
Isaiah 48:10 (WEB)
Context Reading
8Yes, 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. 9For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,and for my praise, I hold it back for youso that I don’t cut you off. 10Behold, I have refined you,but not as silver.I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. 11For 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. 12“Listen to me, O Jacob,and Israel my called:I am he.I am the first.I am also the last.