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You have not heard; you never knew;
even from long ago your ear has not been open.
For I knew that you are treacherous,
and from birth were called a rebel.
For My Name’s sake I defer My anger,
for My praise I will restrain it for you—
otherwise I would cut you off.
10 Behold, I have refined you,
    though not as silver.
I tested you in the furnace of affliction.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:10 cf. 1 Pet. 1:7-9.

You have neither heard nor understood;(A)
    from of old your ears(B) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous(C) you are;
    you were called a rebel(D) from birth.
For my own name’s sake(E) I delay my wrath;(F)
    for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
    so as not to destroy you completely.(G)
10 See, I have refined(H) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested(I) you in the furnace(J) of affliction.

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