Isaiah 48:1-11 - Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

¹ Hear ye this - O house of Jacob, Ye who call yourselves by the name of Israel, Yea from the waters of Judah, came they forth, - Who swear by the name of Yahweh, And, by the God of Israel, call to remembrance - Not in truth, nor in righteousness; ² For of the holy city, do they call themselves, And on the God of Israel, do they stay themselves, - Yahweh of hosts, is his name. ³ Things in advance, of old, I declared, Yea out of mine own mouth, came they forth, that I might let them be known, - Suddenly, I wrought and they came to pass. ⁴ Because I knew that - Obstinate, thou wast, - And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen, ⁵ therefore told I thee - in time past, Ere yet it came, I let thee hear, - Lest thou shouldest say Mine idol wrought them, Yea, my carved image and my molten image, commanded them! ⁶ Thou hast heard - see it whole, And will, ye, not tell? I have let thee hear new things - from the present time, Even secrets which ye knew not. ⁷ Now, are they created, and not in time past, And, before to-day, thou hadst not heard of them, - Lest thou shouldest say, Lo! I knew them! ⁸ Nay! thou hadst not heard, Nay! thou hadst not known, Nay! in time past, thine ear, was not opened, - For I knew that thou, wouldst be treacherous, Yea a transgressor from birth, hast thou been called. ⁹ For the sake of mine own Name, will I defer mine anger, And for my praise, will I restrain myself towards thee, - So as not to cut thee off. ¹⁰ Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver, - I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot of affliction. ¹¹ For mine own sake - for mine own sake, will I effectually work For how should it be profaned? And, my glory - to another, will I not give.