Isaiah 48:6-11

New Living Translation

⁶You have heard my predictions and seen them fulfilled,
    but you refuse to admit it.
Now I will tell you new things,
    secrets you have not yet heard.
⁷They are brand new, not things from the past.
    So you cannot say, ‘We knew that all the time!’

⁸“Yes, I will tell you of things that are entirely new,
    things you never heard of before.
For I know so well what traitors you are.
    You have been rebels from birth.
⁹Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name,
    I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.
¹⁰I have refined you, but not as silver is refined.
    Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.
¹¹I will rescue you for my sake—
    yes, for my own sake!
I will not let my reputation be tarnished,
    and I will not share my glory with idols!