Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 48:10
10Behold, I have refined you, though not as silver. I 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 not heard; you never knew; even from long ago your ear has not been open. For I knew that you are treacherous, and from birth were called a rebel. 9For My Name’s sake I defer My anger, for My praise I will restrain it for you— otherwise I would cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, though not as silver. I tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11For My own sake, for My own sake, I act. For how should I be profaned? I will not give My glory to another. 12Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel whom I called: I am He; I am the first; I am also the last.
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הִנֵּ֥ה צְרַפְתִּ֖יךָ וְלֹ֣א בְכָ֑סֶף בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ בְּכ֥וּר עֹֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 48:10
- Isaiah 1:25Then I will turn My hand on you, purge away your dross, and remove all your alloy.
- Job 23:10Yet He knows the way that I take; if He tested me, I would come out as gold.
- Psalms 66:10For You have tested us, O God— You have purified us, as silver is refined.
- Proverbs 17:3A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but Adonai tests the heart.
- Jeremiah 9:7Their tongue is a deadly arrow, speaking deceit. With his mouth each says shalom to his neighbor, while inwardly setting a trap for him.
- Ezekiel 20:38I will purge out the rebels from among you and those who transgress against Me. I will bring them out from the land where they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. So you will know that I am Adonai.
- Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me—all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace—they are the dross of silver.”
- Zechariah 13:8Then it will happen —it is a declaration of Adonai— that in the entire land two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.
- Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? Or who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, and like soap for cleaning raw wool.
- Hebrews 12:10Indeed, for a short time they disciplined us as seemed best to them; but He does so for our benefit, so that we may share in His holiness.
- 1 Peter 1:7These trials are so that the true metal of your faith (far more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire) may come to light in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Messiah Yeshua.
- 1 Peter 4:12Loved ones, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal taking place among you to test you—as though something strange were happening to you.
- Revelation 3:19Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore, be zealous and repent.
- Deuteronomy 4:20But you, Adonai has taken, and He brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt to be a people for His own inheritance, as you are 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
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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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