(for they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace).
Isaiah 48:10 - English Standard Version 2016 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried 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 heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace).
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine.
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts.
Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
that I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. So shall you be my people, and I will be your God,
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?
I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day.
so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.