For they are your people and your inheritance; you brought them out of Egypt, out of the middle of an iron furnace.
Isaiah 48:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried and chosen you in the furnace of affliction. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Common English Bible See, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have tested you in the furnace of misery. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, I have refined you, but not like silver. I have chosen you for the furnace of poverty. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver: I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty. |
For they are your people and your inheritance; you brought them out of Egypt, out of the middle of an iron furnace.
Yet he knows the way I have taken; when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.
A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and the Lord is the tester of hearts.
Therefore Jacob’s iniquity will be atoned for in this way, and the result of the removal of his sin will be this: when he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
which I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace.’ I declared, ‘Obey me, and do everything that I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God,’
Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies says: I am about to refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of my dear people?
I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they live as foreign residents, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for his inheritance, as you are today.
so that the proven character of your faith #– #more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire #– #may result in praise, glory, and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you, as if something unusual were happening to you.
As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent.