Isaiah 48:10

Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

⁹ I defer my anger for my name's sake, and as my first act I'm restraining it for you, so as not to cut you off. ¹⁰ Look, I have refined you, but not like silver; I have purified you in the furnace of affliction. ¹¹ For my own sake Yes, for my own sake! I'm doing it; indeed, how can I be profaned? Furthermore, I won't give my glory to another."

Furnace of Affliction

Deuteronomy 4:20

For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace out of Egypt to be the people of his inheritance, as you are today.

Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look, I'm about to refine and test them. Because they're my people, what else can I do?

Job 23:10

Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold.

Psalm 66:10

For you, God, tested us, to purify us like fine silver.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold but the LORD assays hearts.

Ezekiel 22:18-22

"Son of Man, Israel has become like dross to me. All of them are like remnants of bronze, tin, iron, and lead in a furnace the dross left over from smelting silver.

1 Peter 1:7

so that your genuine faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.

1 Kings 8:51

"Show your compassion in the presence of those who have taken them captive, so they may show compassion on them, since they are your people and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from an iron fire furnace.

Isaiah 1:25-26

When I turn my attention to you, I'll refine your dross as in a furnace. I'll remove all your alloy.

Ezekiel 20:38

I'll eliminate the rebels among you, along with those who are transgressing against me. I'll bring them out of the land where you've lived, but they won't be able to enter the land of Israel. Then you'll know that I am the LORD."

Zechariah 13:8-9

It will come about in all of the land," declares the LORD, "that two thirds of the people living there will die, but a third will survive who live there.

Malachi 3:2-3

But who will survive the day when he comes? Or who can stand when he appears? Because he's like a refiner's fire and a launderer's soap,

Hebrews 12:10-11

For a short time they disciplined us as they thought best, but God does it for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.

1 Peter 4:12

Dear friends, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Revelation 3:19

I correct and discipline those whom I love, so be serious and repent!