Isaiah 48:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸ You have never been willing
    to listen to what I say;
from the moment of your birth,
    I knew you would rebel.

⁹ I, the Lord, am true to myself;
I will be praised for not punishing
    and destroying you.
¹⁰ I tested you in hard times
just as silver is refined
    in a heated furnace.^[a]