Isaiah 48:6-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

From now on I will reveal to you new things,
hidden things that you do not know.
⁷ They are created now, not in the past.
You haven’t heard about them before today,
so you can’t say that you already knew about them.
⁸ You have never heard about them.
You have never known about them.
Your ears have never been open to hear them before.
I know that you’ve acted very treacherously
and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.
⁹ For my name’s sake I’ll be patient.
For my glory’s sake I’ll hold my anger back from you,
rather than destroy you.
¹⁰ I have refined you,
but not like silver.
I have tested you in the furnace of suffering.
¹¹ I am doing this for myself, only for myself.
Why should my name be dishonored?
I will not give my glory to anyone else.