"Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."
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For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
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; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.