Isaiah 48:8-10

Amplified Bible

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“You have not heard, you have not known;
Even from long ago your ear has not been open.
For I [the Lord] knew that you [Israel] would act very treacherously;
You have been called a transgressor and a rebel from birth.
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“For the sake of My Name I refrain from My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain Myself from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
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“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as ^[a]silver;
I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.