Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
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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 8:51(for they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron furnace);
Job 28:1“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Proverbs 17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
Jeremiah 9:7Therefore the LORD of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the middle of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.
Zechariah 13:9I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”
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 →