Isaiah 48:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸ But you have not heard; you have not understood.
    Even long ago ·you did not listen [^Lyour ear has not been opened].
I knew you would surely ·turn [act treacherously] against me;
    you ·have fought against me [^Lwere called a rebel] ·since you were born [^Lfrom the womb].
⁹ But for my ·own [^Lname’s] sake I will ·be patient [^Lhold back my anger].
    ·People will praise me because [^LFor the sake of my praise] I did not become angry
    and ·destroy you [cut you off].
¹⁰ I have ·made you pure [refined you], but not by fire, as silver is made pure.
    I have purified you ·by giving you troubles [^Lin the furnace of affliction/suffering].