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10 I tested you in hard times
just as silver is refined
    in a heated furnace.[a]
11 I did this because of who I am.
I refuse to be dishonored[b]
    or share my praise
    with any other god.

12 (A) Israel, my chosen people,
    listen to me.
I alone am the Lord,
    the first and the last.

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Footnotes

  1. 48.10 furnace: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 10.
  2. 48.11 I refuse to be dishonored: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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