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Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? [a]I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known. They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. 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 as silver; I have [b]chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:6 Or, I show
  2. Isaiah 48:10 Or, tried

You have heard these things; look at them all.
    Will you not admit them?

“From now on I will tell you of new things,(A)
    of hidden things unknown to you.
They are created(B) now, and not long ago;(C)
    you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
    ‘Yes, I knew(D) of them.’
You have neither heard nor understood;(E)
    from of old your ears(F) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous(G) you are;
    you were called a rebel(H) from birth.
For my own name’s sake(I) I delay my wrath;(J)
    for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
    so as not to destroy you completely.(K)
10 See, I have refined(L) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested(M) you in the furnace(N) of affliction.
11 For my own sake,(O) for my own sake, I do this.
    How can I let myself be defamed?(P)
    I will not yield my glory to another.(Q)

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