10 Look, I have refined you,(A) but not as silver;
I have tested[a] you in the furnace of affliction.
11 I will act for My own sake, indeed, My own,(B)
for how can I[b] be defiled?
I will not give My glory to another.(C)

12 “Listen to Me, Jacob,
and Israel, the one called by Me:
I am He; I am the first,
I am also the last.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:10 Or chosen
  2. Isaiah 48:11 DSS, Syr; MT reads it

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)

Israel Freed

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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