Isaiah 48:5-11
New International Version
5 Therefore I told you these things long ago;
before they happened I announced(A) them to you
so that you could not say,
‘My images brought them about;(B)
my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
6 You have heard these things; look at them all.
Will you not admit them?
“From now on I will tell you of new things,(C)
of hidden things unknown to you.
7 They are created(D) now, and not long ago;(E)
you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
‘Yes, I knew(F) of them.’
8 You have neither heard nor understood;(G)
from of old your ears(H) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous(I) you are;
you were called a rebel(J) from birth.
9 For my own name’s sake(K) I delay my wrath;(L)
for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
so as not to destroy you completely.(M)
10 See, I have refined(N) you, though not as silver;
I have tested(O) you in the furnace(P) of affliction.
11 For my own sake,(Q) for my own sake, I do this.
How can I let myself be defamed?(R)
I will not yield my glory to another.(S)
Isaiah 48:5-11
King James Version
5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
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