Behold, I have refined thee, with the heat of tribulation, but not with silver, they had not yet assayed well; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction, proving them out, trying them, to find their worth.
Verse Isaiah 48:10. _I HAVE CHOSEN THEE_ - "I have tried thee"] For בחרתיך _becharticha_, "I have _chosen_ thee," a MS. has בחנתיך _bechanticha_, "I have _tried_ thee." And so perhaps read the _Syria...
BEHOLD, I HAVE REFINED THEE - This refers to the Jews in their afflictions and captivity in Babylon. It states one design which he had in view in these afflictions - to purify them. The word used here...
CHAPTER 48 The Divine Restatement Concerning His People, Their Condition and Future 1. _Their condition and Jehovah's predictions (Isaiah 48:1)_ 2. _Jehovah acts for His Name's sake (Isaiah 48:9)_ 3....
A RECAPITULATION OF THE ARGUMENT FROM PROPHECY. To the original text a redactor has added a commentary (bracketed below) from a different standpoint. Whereas the prophet regarded Israel as having more...
AFFLICTION. humiliation, or oppression....
FOR MY NAME'S SAKE.— _For my name's sake will I moderate my anger, and for my praise I will refrain towards thee,_ &c. Isaiah 48:10. _Behold,_ &c. _I have proved,_ or _had pity on thee in the furnace...
b. PERSPECTIVE TEXT: Isaiah 48:9-16 9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as si...
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. BEHOLD, I HAVE REFINED THEE, BUT NOT WITH SILVER - (note, Isaiah 1:25.) WITH SILVER - or, 'for silv...
LET THE EXILES TRUST IN JEHOVAH, AND COME OUT OF BABYLON 1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit. 12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history, and l...
Read, 'not as silver '(RV). So severe a refining (Psalms 12:6) would have meant the destruction of Israel. CHOSEN] RM 'tried.'...
In the Bible, the word ‘name’ does not merely mean the word that we may use to call someone. It also means that person’s honour, character and authority. So when the *Lord protects his name, he is act...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 48 ISRAEL’S EMPTY RELIGION V1 The *Lord says, ‘Listen to this, you family...
I HAVE REFINED THEE, BUT NOT WITH SILVER... — The meaning is obscure, and perhaps depends on some unknown process in ancient metallurgy. Commonly the refining of silver is taken as a parable of God’s...
הִנֵּ֥ה צְרַפְתִּ֖יךָ וְ לֹ֣א בְ כָ֑סֶף בְּחַ
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
THE OBSTINATE AND INSINCERE REBUKED Isaiah 48:1-16 We are meant to be for God's praise and glory; but we may delay the realization of His high purpose. Our neck iron, our brow brass, we trust in idol...
This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11). He has had t...
Behold, I have refined thee, but (l) not with silver; I have (m) chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. (l) For I had respect to your weakness and infirmity: for in silver there is some pureness,...
_Poverty, at Babylon. I have not treated thee with the utmost rigour, nor attempted to render thee free from every imperfection. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "Lo, I have sold thee, but not for silver; I h...
Reader! as in the former paragraph I called upon you to mark the graciousness of God's expostulation with his people; so here I pray you to observe, how the whole of sovereign grace and love is by the...
10._Lo, I have tried thee. _The Lord shews that he exercises such moderation in chastising his people, that he makes provision for their salvation. Formerly he had said that he had spared or would spa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 46, 47, AND 48. In Chapter s 46, 47, the application is made to Babylon and to her idols, but still as pleading for Israel as beloved of God; for governmental...
BEHOLD, I HAVE REFINED THEE, BUT NOT WITH SILVER,.... But it is not usual to refine with silver; not silver with silver, nor any other metal with it; that itself is what is refined; this therefore can...
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Ver. 10. _Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver._] Much less as gold, which is wont to be...
_For my name's sake will I defer mine anger_ Although thou dost justly deserve my hottest anger and most dreadful judgments, which also, if thou repentest not, I will in due time inflict, yet at prese...
WITH SILVER: Or, for silver...
9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It w...
I HAVE REFINED THEE; or, _I will refine thee_. Although I will not cut thee off, or utterly destroy thee, as I now said; yet I will put thee into the furnace, not to consume thee, but to purify thee f...
Isaiah 48:10 refined H6884 (H8804) silver H3701 tested H977 (H8804) furnace H3564 affliction H6040 I have refined -...
THE FAILURE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH AND HIS INTENTION FOR THEM (ISAIAH 48:1). Isaiah 48:1 “Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, And are come forth out of the waters of Judah....
CHAPTER 48 THE UNPREPARED STATE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH. Babylon, and its final fate, has just been described, but the very idea has turned Isaiah's attention on Israel. It has put Israel under the microscop...
Isaiah 48:1. _Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of...
CONTENTS: The dullness of Israel. Restoration under the Servant of Jehovah. Israel reminded of the promises. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit. CONCLUSION: God often finds His people obstinate and...
Isaiah 48:1. _Which swear by the name of the Lord,_ who resents all false swearing to his covenant. Isaiah 48:3. _I have declared the former things._ The Messiah continues here to be the speaker, and...
_Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver_ REFINED, BUT NOT WITH SILVER More severely, yet more exactly than silver (_Stier_) Less strictly than silver (_Cheyne_) It was a melting of a hig...
_For My name’s sake will I defer Mine anger_ GOD’S ANGER DEFERRED “For My name’s sake I draw out My wrath. ” Jehovah lengthens out His wrath, _i.e _delays its outbreak, thus shows Himself long-suffe...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:1 Despite Israel’s stubborn unbelief, God pursues his purpose of redemption. He will free them from Babylon for his own sake. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:9 The deepest motive in God’s heart is his own GLORY. He does not punish his unbelieving people as they deserve, for that would diminish the display of his compassion (see...
THE GOVERNING PRINCIPLE OF GOD’S PROVIDENCE Isaiah 48:9. _For My name’s sake, &c._ It is possible that the design of this verse may be to answer an objection. “If the character of the nation is such,...
EXPOSITION The present chapter, which terminates the second section of Isaiah's later prophecies, consists of a long address by God to his people, partly in the way of complaint, partly of combined p...
Now in chapter 48 God speaks about how that He is going to restore then under the Holy One, Jehovah's servant. And God is going to restore the house of Jacob. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which ar...
1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:12; Deuteronomy 4:20; Ezekiel 20:38; Eze
Behold — Although I will not cut thee off, yet I will put thee into the furnace. Silver — Which is kept in the furnace so long 'till all the dross be purged away, I will not deal so rigorously with th...