8 You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth. 9 For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off. 10 See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
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