Isaiah 48:10

Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

⁹ "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, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
¹¹ For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.

Furnace of Affliction

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?

Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts.

Ezekiel 22:18-22

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the tested genuineness of your faith--more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Kings 8:51

(for they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace).

Isaiah 1:25-26

I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.

Ezekiel 20:38

I will purge out the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Zechariah 13:8-9

In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.

Malachi 3:2-3

But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.

Hebrews 12:10-11

For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Revelation 3:19

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.