Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. Treasury of Scripture I have refined Isaiah 1:25,26 And I will turn my hand on you, and purely purge away your dross, and take away all your tin... Job 23:10 But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Psalm 66:10 For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried. Proverbs 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts. Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? Ezekiel 20:38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me... Ezekiel 22:18-22 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the middle of the furnace... Zechariah 13:8,9 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, said the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die... Malachi 3:2,3 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap... Hebrews 12:10,11 For they truly for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness... 1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire... 1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you: Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. with silver, or, for silver
I have chosen Deuteronomy 4:20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance...
Context Israel's Stubbornness
1Hear you this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. 2For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. 3I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. 4Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass; 5I have even from the beginning declared it to you; before it came to pass I showed it you: lest you should say, My idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them. 6You have heard, see all this; and will not you declare it? I have showed you new things from this time, even hidden things, and you did not know them. 7They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when you heard them not; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them. 8Yes, you heard not; yes, you knew not; yes, from that time that your ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb. 9For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I cut you not off. 10Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. 11For my own sake, even for my own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory to another. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.
Darby Bible Translation
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
King James Bible
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
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