Isaiah 48:10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 48:9-15

The deliverance of God's people out of their captivity in Babylon was a thing upon many accounts so improbable that there was need of line upon line for the encouragement of the faith and hope of God's people concerning it. Two things were discouraging to them?their own unworthiness that God should do it for them and the many difficulties in the thing itself; now, in these verses, both these discouragements are removed, for here is, I. A reason why God would do it for them, though they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:10

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 cannot be the sense of the words; wherefore they are, by others, differently rendered; by some, "not in silver" F4 בכסף "in argento", Montanus; "in fornace argenti", Vatablus. ; not in a furnace of silver, as Aben Ezra; "but in a furnace of poverty", as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 Syriac and Chaldee interpreters; they retain the same word בחרתך bechartach ; but in those languages it signifies, I have tried thee. ככסף kecheseph , quasi argentum, "as silver." Vulgate. I cannot think בכסף becheseph , With silver, is the true reading. ככסף kecheseph , Like silver, as the Vulgate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-11

"Hear ye this," etc.; Isaiah 48:12-15 , "Hearken unto me," etc.; Isaiah 48:16-22 , "Come ye near unto me, hear ye this," etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-11

THE FIRST ADDRESS consists mainly of expostulation and complaint. Israel has not called on God "in truth and righteousness" ( Isaiah 48:1 ). They have had "necks of iron" and "brows of brass" ( Isaiah 48:4 ). God has given them prophecies of different kinds ( Isaiah 48:3-7 ); yet they have neither "heard" nor "known;" they have "dealt treacherously" and been "transgressors from the womb" ( Isaiah 48:8 ). God might justly have "cut them off" for their rebellion, but he has... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-11

Lessons from the past to the future. Those addressed are the people "named from Israel and sprung from Judah's spring;" who swear by Jehovah's Name and render homage to Israel's God—not, alas! so sincerely as they should. Still, they have learned to find their true reliance in Zion and in Jahveh. Let them, then, hear the exhortation of Jehovah. I. THE ORACLE OF THE PAST . Jehovah has in former times predicted events by the mouth of his prophets which came to pass. Those... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:10

I have refined thee, but not with silver; rather, but not as silver (Cheyne). or, but not in the manner of silver (Delitzsch); i.e. not with the severity with which silver is refined (see Psalms 12:6 ). I have chosen thee; rather, I have tested thee. The furnace of affliction is here the Babylonian captivity. The object of the Captivity was to "test" and "refine," or purify God's people to a certain extent—not with extreme severity, but in such sort as to fit them to "bear ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:10

The refining power of affliction. The likeness of Divine dealings to the refining of metals by fire is somewhat frequent in Scripture. In this passage there is a qualification which is peculiar. God's message, through his prophet, is, "Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver. " There was evidently something unusual about the treatment of silver, and we get some idea as to what it was from an expression of the psalmist ( Psalms 12:6 ), "The words of the Lord are pure words" as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:10-11

The Divine aim in human affliction. We infer— I. THAT THE AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE OF GOD 'S SENDING . To the unrighteous they wear the aspect of inflictions, but to the servants of God they are chastisements or refining processes; either way, they are regarded as events which come in consequence of, or (at the least) in accordance with, the ordination of God (see Isaiah 45:7 ; Amos 3:6 ). Jesus Christ has taught us that the smallest incident cannot happen... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 48:9-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:10-11

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