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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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AFFLICTION. humiliation, or oppression....
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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...
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b. PERSPECTIVE
TEXT: Isaiah 48:9-16
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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.
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Behold, I have refined thee, but not as si...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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הִנֵּ֥ה צְרַפְתִּ֖יךָ וְ לֹ֣א בְ
כָ֑סֶף בְּחַ
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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 t...
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A TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF JACOB...
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WITH SILVER:
Or, for silver...
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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...
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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...
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Isaiah 48:10 refined H6884 (H8804) silver H3701 tested H977 (H8804)
furnace H3564 affliction H6040
I have refined -...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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.
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:12; Deuteronomy 4:20; Ezekiel 20:38; Eze
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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...