Isaiah 48:9-13

9Because of who I am, I will keep my anger until later. I will not destroy you now, so that people will praise my name.

10Listen! I have made you pure. But I have not done it in the way that people make silver pure. Instead, I have sent pain and trouble to you. That is how I make you pure.

11I do these things to show who I am. That is why I do it! I will not let people insult my good name. I will not let anyone else share my glory.

12So listen to me, descendants of Jacob! I called you to belong to me, you Israelite people. I am the only One. I am the first, and I am also the last.

13I created the earth with my own hand. With my right hand, I hung up the sky like a curtain. When I call to the stars, they all appear in their places.