Isaiah 48:10-12

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

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

¹¹ For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it [I refrain and do not utterly destroy you]; for why should I permit My name to be polluted and profaned [which it would be if the Lord completely destroyed His chosen people]? And I will not give My glory to another [by permitting the worshipers of idols to triumph over you].

¹² Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called [ones]: I am He; I am the First, I also am the Last.^(A)