Israel Refined for God's Glory
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"Hear this, O house of Jacob,
Who are called by the name of Israel,
And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah;
Who swear by the name of the LORD,
And make mention of the God of Israel,
But a not in truth or in righteousness;
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For they call themselves b after the holy city,
And c lean on the God of Israel;
The LORD of hosts is His name:
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"I have d declared the former things from the beginning;
They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it.
Suddenly I did them, e and they came to pass.
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Because I knew that you were obstinate,
And f your neck was an iron sinew,
And your brow bronze,
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Even from the beginning I have declared it to you;
Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you,
Lest you should say, 'My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my molded image
Have commanded them.'
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"You have heard;
See all this.
And will you not declare it?
I have made you hear new things from this time,
Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
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They are created now and not from the beginning;
And before this day you have not heard them,
Lest you should say, 'Of course I knew them.'
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Surely you did not hear,
Surely you did not know;
Surely from long ago your ear was not opened.
For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,
And were called g a transgressor from the womb.
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"For h My name's sake i I will defer My anger,
And for My praise I will restrain it from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
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Behold, j I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the k furnace of affliction.
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For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;
For l how should My name be profaned?
And m I will not give My glory to another.
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Cross References
Isaiah 58:2
Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching God.
Jeremiah 4:2
And you shall swear, 'The LORD lives,' In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; The nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory.
Jeremiah 5:2
Though they say, ' As the LORD lives,' Surely they swear falsely.
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Cross References
Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no longer come to you.
Isaiah 64:10
Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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Cross References
Isaiah 10:20
And it shall come to pass in that day That the remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on him who defeated them, But will depend on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Jeremiah 7:4
"Do not trust in these lying words, saying, 'The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD are these.'
Jeremiah 21:2
"Please inquire of the LORD for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, that the king may go away from us."
Micah 3:11
Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD, and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
Romans 2:17
Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God.
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Cross References
Isaiah 44:7
And who can proclaim as I do? Then let him declare it and set it in order for Me, Since I appointed the ancient people. And the things that are coming and shall come, Let them show these to them.
Isaiah 44:8
Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.'
Isaiah 46:10
Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure.
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Cross References
Joshua 21:45
Not a word failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
Isaiah 42:9
Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.
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Cross References
Exodus 32:9
And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people!
Deuteronomy 31:27
For I know your rebellion and your stiff neck. If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the LORD, then how much more after my death?
Ezekiel 2:4
"For they are impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.'
Ezekiel 3:7
But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:7
Remember! Do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you departed from the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.
Deuteronomy 9:24
You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
Psalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Isaiah 46:3
Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb:
Isaiah 46:8
Remember this, and show yourselves men; Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
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Cross References
Psalms 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, For the glory ...
Psalms 106:8
Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake,...
Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressi...
Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for My name's sake, that it should ...
Ezekiel 20:14
But I acted for My name's sake, that it should ...
Ezekiel 20:22
Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for M...
Ezekiel 20:44
"Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I...
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Cross References
Nehemiah 9:30
Yet for many years You had patience with them, And testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets. Yet they would not listen; Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
Nehemiah 9:31
Nevertheless in Your great mercy You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; For You are God, gracious and merciful.
Psalms 78:38
But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath.
Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Isaiah 65:8
Thus says the LORD: "As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, 'Do not destroy it, For a blessing is in it,' So will I do for My servants' sake, That I may not destroy them all.
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Cross References
Psalms 66:10
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined.
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and try them; For how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:20
But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be His people, an inheritance, as you are this day.
1 Kings 8:51
(for they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, out of the iron furnace).
Jeremiah 11:4
"which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, 'Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,'
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Cross References
Leviticus 22:2
Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:32
You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Deuteronomy 32:26
I would have said, "I will dash them in pieces, I will make the memory of them to cease from among men.
Deuteronomy 32:27
Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand, Lest they should say, "Our hand is high; And it is not the LORD who has done all this."
Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
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Cross References
Isaiah 42:8
I am the LORD, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.
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