Isaiah 48:8-10

Modern English Version

⁸ You have not heard, you have not known,
    indeed, from long ago your ear has not been open.
For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,
    and that from birth you have been called a rebel.
⁹ For My name’s sake I will defer My anger,
    and for My praise I will restrain it for you
    so that you are not cut off.
¹⁰ See, I have refined you, but not with silver;
    I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.