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Look,הִנֵּהI have refined you,צְרַפְתִּיךָbut notוְלֹאas silver;בְכָסֶףI have chosen youבְּחַרְתִּיךָin the furnaceבְּכוּרof affliction.עֹנִי
Isaiah 48:10
Study it in the app“Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 48:10, word by word
- I have refined youצְרַפְתִּיtserafti
test
To test people as silver is purified.
Where else “tserafti” appears- as silverכָסֶףchasef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chasef” appears- I have chosen youבְּחַרְתִּיbecharti
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “becharti” appears- in the furnaceכוּרchur
furnace
Furnace: a furnace for smelting metals. "Iron furnace" is an image of very harsh suffering.
Where else “chur” appears- of afflictionעֹנִיoni
affliction
Affliction, suffering, misery.
Where else “oni” appears
Translation note
“I have chosen you”: the Hebrew verb properly means “to try” and, by extension, “to choose” (Strong).
The context
9For the sake of my name I lengthen my anger, and for my praise I hold back for you, so as not to cut you off.
10 · This verse (above)
11For my own sake, for my own sake I will do it; for how would it be profaned? And my glory to another I will not give.