Isaiah 48:6-11

New International Version

⁶You 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.
⁷They 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.’
⁸You 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.
⁹For 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)
¹⁰See, I have refined^(L) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested^(M) you in the furnace^(N) of affliction.
¹¹For 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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Isaiah 48:6-11

English Standard Version

⁶“You have heard; now see all this;
    and will you not declare it?
From this time forth ^(A)I announce to you new things,
    hidden things that you have not known.
⁷They are created now, not long ago;
    before today you have never heard of them,
    lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
⁸You have never heard, you have never known,
    from of old your ear has not been opened.
For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,
    and that ^(B)from before birth you were called a rebel.

⁹^(C)“For my name's sake I defer my anger;
    for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you,
    that I may not cut you off.
¹⁰Behold, I have refined you, ^(D)but not as silver;
    ^(E)I have tried^[a] you in the furnace of affliction.
¹¹^(F)For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
    for how should my name^[b] be profaned?
    ^(G)My glory I will not give to another.