Isaiah 48:10

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.”

— WEB

“Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”

— KJV

“Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”

— ASV

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1 Peter 4:12 "Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you."
Proverbs 17:3 "The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts."
Job 23:10 "But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come out like gold."
Hebrews 12:10-11 "For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness."
Psalms 66:10 "For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined."
1 Peter 1:7 "that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in …"
Jeremiah 9:7 "Therefore Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?"
Malachi 3:2-3 "“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;"

Commentary

(See on Isa 1:25). with silver--rather, "for silver." I sought by affliction to purify thee, but thou wast not as silver obtained by melting, but as dross [GESENIUS]. Thy repentance is not complete: thou art not yet as refined silver. ROSENMULLER explains, "not as silver," not with the intense heat needed to melt silver (it being harder to melt than gold), that is, not with the most extreme severity. The former view is better (Isa 1:25; Isa 42:25; Eze 22:18-20, Eze 22:22). chosen--or else [LOWTH], tried . . . proved: according to GESENIUS, literally, "to rub with the touchstone," or to cut in pieces so as to examine (Zac 13:9; Mal 3:3; Pe1 1:7).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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