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(A)“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, (B)but not as silver;
    (C)I have tried[a] you in the furnace of affliction.
11 (D)For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
    for how should my name[b] be profaned?
    (E)My glory I will not give to another.

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  1. Isaiah 48:10 Or I have chosen
  2. Isaiah 48:11 Hebrew lacks my name

For my own name’s sake(A) I delay my wrath;(B)
    for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
    so as not to destroy you completely.(C)
10 See, I have refined(D) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested(E) you in the furnace(F) of affliction.
11 For my own sake,(G) for my own sake, I do this.
    How can I let myself be defamed?(H)
    I will not yield my glory to another.(I)

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