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Neither have you heard, nor have you known,
    nor from of old[a] has your ear been opened.
For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously,
    and you are called a rebel from the womb.
For the sake of my name I refrain from[b] my anger,
    and for my praise I restrain it for you
        so as not to cut you off.
10 Look! I have refined you, but[c] not like[d] silver;
    I have chosen you in the furnace of misery.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:8 Literally “then”
  2. Isaiah 48:9 Literally “make long”
  3. Isaiah 48:10 Or “and”
  4. Isaiah 48:10 Or “with”