Isaiah 48:10 Cross References

Isaiah 48:10

10: I have refined you but not in the way silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.

Dear friends, don't be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.

You have tested us, O God; you have purified us like silver melted in a crucible.

For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God's discipline is always right and good for us because it means we will share in his holiness.
No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening--it is painful! But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.

But he knows where I am going. And when he has tested me like gold in a fire, he will pronounce me innocent.

These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold. So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

Therefore, the LORD Almighty says, "See, I will melt them in a crucible and test them like metal. What else can I do with them?

"But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal or like a strong soap that whitens clothes.
He will sit and judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely as the dross is burned away. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.

Remember that the LORD rescued you from the burning furnace of Egypt to become his own people and special possession; that is what you are today.

I am the one who corrects and disciplines everyone I love. Be diligent and turn from your indifference.

for they are your people--your special possession--whom you brought out of the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt.

Two-thirds of the people in the land will be cut off and die, says the LORD. But a third will be left in the land.
I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure, just as gold and silver are refined and purified by fire. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, `These are my people,' and they will say, `The LORD is our God.'"

"Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over--a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead.
So give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: Because you are all worthless slag, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem.
I will melt you down in the heat of my fury, just as copper, tin, iron, and lead are melted down in a furnace.
I will gather you together and blow the fire of my anger upon you,
and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my fury on you."

I will turn against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.
Afterward I will give you good judges and wise counselors like the ones you used to have. Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice and the Faithful City."

I will purge you of all those who rebel and sin against me. I will bring them out of the countries where they are in exile, but they will never enter the land of Israel. And when that happens, you will know that I am the LORD.

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