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10 “Look, I will make you pure,
    but not in the way you make silver pure.
    I will make you pure by giving you troubles.
11 I will do this for myself—for me!
    I will not let you treat me as if I am not important.
    I will not let some false god take my glory and praise.

12 “Jacob, listen to me!
    Israel, I called you to be my people.
    So listen to me!
I am the Beginning,
    and I am the End.

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10 See, I have refined(A) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested(B) you in the furnace(C) of affliction.
11 For my own sake,(D) for my own sake, I do this.
    How can I let myself be defamed?(E)
    I will not yield my glory to another.(F)

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12 “Listen(G) to me, Jacob,
    Israel, whom I have called:(H)
I am he;(I)
    I am the first and I am the last.(J)

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