Isaiah 48:8-10

Revised Geneva Translation

⁸ “Yet, you did not hear them or know them, nor was your ear even opened long ago. For I knew that you would grievously transgress. Therefore I have called you a transgressor from the womb.

⁹ “For My Name’s sake, will I defer My wrath. And for My praise, I will restrain it from you, so that I do not cut you off.

¹⁰ “Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.