Isaiah 48:10-12

Good News Translation

¹⁰ I have tested you in the fire of suffering,
    as silver is refined in a furnace.
But I have found that you are worthless.
¹¹ What I do is done for my own sake—
    I will not let my name be dishonored
    or let anyone else share the glory
    that should be mine and mine alone.”

“Listen to me, Israel, the people I have called!
I am God, the first, the last, the only God!