Isaiah 48:10

Isaiah 48:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
• New International Version (NIV)See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Context of Isaiah 48:10

8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. 9For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another. 12Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Isaiah 48:10 word by word

הִנֵּ֥ה צְרַפְתִּ֖יךָ וְלֹ֣א בְכָ֑סֶף בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ בְּכ֥וּר עֹֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• refinedצָרַףtsâraph · to refineH6884
• silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• chosenבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• furnaceכּוּרkûr · furnaceH3564

Cross-references for Isaiah 48:10

• Isaiah 1:25and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;
• Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Psalms 66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
• Proverbs 17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
• Jeremiah 9:7Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
• Ezekiel 20:38and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 22:18Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
• Zechariah 13:8And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
• Malachi 3:2But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
• Hebrews 12:10For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
• 1 Peter 1:7that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
• 1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:
• Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Deuteronomy 4:20But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

Commentaries on Isaiah 48:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I have chosen thee "I have tried thee" - For בחרתיך becharticha, "I have chosen thee," a MS. has בחנתיך bechanticha, "I have tried thee." And so perhaps read the Syriac and Chaldee interpreters; they retain the same word בחרתך bechartach ; but in those languages it signifies, I have tried thee. ככסף kecheseph, quasi argentum, "as silver." Vulgate. I cannot think בכסף becheseph, With silver, is the true reading. ככסף kecheseph, Like silver, as the Vulgate…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Behold, I have refined thee - This refers to the Jews in their afflictions and captivity in Babylon. It states one design which he had in view in these afflictions - to purify them. The word used here, and rendered refined‘ (צרף tsâraph ), means properly to melt; to smelt metals; to subject them to the action of fire, in order to remove the scoria or dross from them (see the notes at Isaiah 1:25). Then it means to purify in any manner. Here it means that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It was to refine them, but not as silver; not so thoroughly as men refine silver. If God should take that course, they are all dross, and, as such, might justly be put away. He takes them as refined in part only. Many have been brought home to God as chosen…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The exile in Babylon was a period of intense suffering (compare Deuteronomy 4:20) that God used to purify Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. (See on Is 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 (Is 1:25; 42:25; Eze…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 48:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Furnace
• Refining

In the dictionaries

• Affliction
• Isaiah
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Refiner; Refining
• Saviour
• Silver

Commentaries on Isaiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings