Isaiah 48:9-11

Easy-to-Read Version

⁹ “But I will be patient.
    I will do this for myself.
People will praise me for not becoming angry and destroying you.
    You will praise me for waiting.

¹⁰ “Look, I will make you pure,
    but not in the way you make silver pure.
    I will make you pure by giving you troubles.
¹¹ I will do this for myself—for me!
    I will not let you treat me as if I am not important.
    I will not let some false god take my glory and praise.