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For the honor of my own name I wait to show my anger.
    I hold it back from you so people will continue to praise me.
    I do not want to destroy you completely.
10 I have tested you in the furnace of suffering.
    I have tried to make you pure.
    But I did not use as much heat as it takes to make silver pure.
11 I tried to purify you for my own honor.
    I did it for the honor of my name.
How can I let myself be dishonored?
    I will not give up my glory to any other god.

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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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