Isaiah 48:10-12

Amplified Bible

¹⁰ 
“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as ^[a]silver;
I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
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“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it [I refrain and do not completely destroy you];
For how can My Name be defiled and profaned [as it would if My chosen people were completely destroyed]?
And I will not give My glory to another [by permitting the worshipers of idols to triumph over you].

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“Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called;
I am He, I am the First, I am the Last.^(A)