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You have heard it.
    Now see all this.
    And you, won’t you declare it?

“I have shown you new things from this time,
    even hidden things, which you have not known.
They are created now, and not from of old.
    Before today, you didn’t hear them,
    lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
Yes, you didn’t hear.
    Yes, you didn’t know.
    Yes, from of old your ear was not opened,
for I knew that you dealt very treacherously,
    and were called a transgressor from the womb.
For my name’s sake, I will defer my anger,
    and for my praise, I hold it back for you
    so that I don’t cut you off.
10 Behold, I have refined you,
    but not as silver.
    I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11 For my own sake,
    for my own sake, I will do it;
for how would my name be profaned?
    I will not give my glory to another.

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You have heard; look at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I proclaim to you (A)new things from this time,
Hidden things which you have not known.
They are created now and not long ago;
And before today you have not heard them,
So that you will not say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
You have not (B)heard, you have not known.
Even from long ago your ear has not been open,
Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;
And you have been called a [a](C)rebel from [b]birth.
(D)For the sake of My name I (E)delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.
10 Behold, I have refined you, but (F)not as silver;
I have tested you in the (G)furnace of affliction.
11 (H)For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And I will not give My (I)glory to another.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:8 Or transgressor
  2. Isaiah 48:8 Lit the belly