You 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 (A)from before birth you were called a rebel.

(B)“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.
10 Behold, I have refined you, (C)but not as silver;
    (D)I have tried[a] you in the furnace of affliction.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:10 Or I have chosen

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