Isaiah 48:10

Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

⁹ I will delay My anger for the honor of My name,
and I will restrain Myself for your benefit and for My praise,
so that you will not be destroyed.
¹⁰ Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
¹¹ I will act for My own sake, indeed, My own,
for how can I be defiled?
I will not give My glory to another.

Furnace of Affliction

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

I am about to refine them and test them,
for what else can I do
because of My dear people?

Job 23:10

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

Psalm 66:10

For You, God, tested us;
You refined us as silver is refined.

Proverbs 17:3

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Ezekiel 22:18-22

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are the dross of silver.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Kings 8:51

For they are Your people and Your inheritance;
You brought them out of Egypt,
out of the middle of an iron furnace.

Isaiah 1:25-26

I will turn My hand against you
and will burn away your dross completely;
I will remove all your impurities.

Ezekiel 20:38

And I will also purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land where they live as foreign residents, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

Zechariah 13:8-9

In the whole land—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
two-thirds will be cut off and die,
but a third will be left in it.

Malachi 3:2-3

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire and like cleansing lye.

Hebrews 12:10-11

For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but He does it for our benefit, so that we can share His holiness.

1 Peter 4:12

Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be committed and repent.