Isaiah 48:10
Hinei, I have refined thee, but not as kesef; 1 I have chosen thee in the furnace of oni (affliction). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 8:51For they are Thy people, and Thine nachalah, which Thou broughtest forth out of Mitzrayim, from the midst of the Kur HaBarzel (Furnace of Iron):
Job 28:1Surely there is a mine for the kesef, 1 and a makom for zahav where they refine it. 1
Proverbs 17:3The crucible is for kesef, and the furnace for zahav, 1 but Hashem is the testor of hearts. 1
Jeremiah 9:7Their leshon is as an arrow shot out; 1 it speaketh mirmah; 1 one speaketh shalom to his re'a with his mouth, 1 but inwardly he lieth in ambush. 1
Ezekiel 22:18Ben adam, Bais Yisroel is to Me become sig (dross, smelting waste product); all they are nechoshet, and bedil (tin), and barzel (iron), and oferet (lead), in the midst of the kur (furnace); they are even the siggim (drosses) of kesef.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the one-third through the eish, 1 and will refine them as kesef is refined, 1 and will test them as zahav is tested; 1 they shall call biShmi (on My Name), and I will hear them; 1 I will say: This is My people; 1 and they shall say: Hashem is Elohai.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:10-16
Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 13 Mine hand also hath… Read the whole commentary →