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Isaiah 48:10
10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
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
8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth. 9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off. See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another. 12Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
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הִנֵּ֥ה צְרַפְתִּ֖יךָ וְלֹ֣א בְכָ֑סֶף בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ בְּכ֥וּר עֹֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 48:10
- Isaiah 1:25I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
- Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Psalms 66:10For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
- Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
- Jeremiah 9:7Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
- Ezekiel 20:38And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.
- Zechariah 13:8And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
- Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
- Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
- 1 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 4:12Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
- Revelation 3:19Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Deuteronomy 4:20Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
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
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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
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