Homiletic Review Isaiah 48:10 Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. The twofold use of the furnace is — I. TO PROVE OR TEST METALS. II. TO PURIFY THEM, OR REFINE THEM BY SEPARATING THE DROSS FROM THE GENUINE. Discipline of every kind, is God's chosen furnace to test and purify His people. (Homiletic Review.) Parallel Verses KJV: Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.WEB: Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. |
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