Isaiah 48:10

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

Behold, I have refined {H6884} thee, but not with silver {H3701}; I have chosen {H977} thee in the furnace {H3564} of affliction {H6040}.

"Look, I have refined you, but not [as severely] as silver; [rather] I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • 1 Peter 4:12 (25 votes)

    ¶ Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

  • Proverbs 17:3 (21 votes)

    ¶ The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

  • Job 23:10 (18 votes)

    But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

  • Psalms 66:10 (17 votes)

    For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

  • Hebrews 12:10 (16 votes)

    For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness.

  • Hebrews 12:11 (16 votes)

    Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

  • 1 Peter 1:7 (15 votes)

    That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: