Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

我熬炼你，却不像熬炼银子；你在苦难的炉中，我拣选你。

看哪，我熬炼你，却不像熬炼银子；你在苦难的火炉中，我试炼你。

看哪，我熬炼你，却不像熬炼银子；你在苦难的火炉中，我试炼你。

看啊，我熬炼你，但不像在火炉中炼银子，我是在苦难的炉中熬炼你。

看哪！我熬炼了你，却不像熬炼银子；你在苦难的炉中，我拣选了你。

看哪！我熬炼你，不像熬炼银子，而是在苦难的熔炉中试炼你。

我熬煉你，卻不像熬煉銀子；你在苦難的爐中，我揀選你。

看哪，我熬煉你，卻不像熬煉銀子；你在苦難的火爐中，我試煉你。

看哪，我熬煉你，卻不像熬煉銀子；你在苦難的火爐中，我試煉你。

看啊，我熬煉你，但不像在火爐中煉銀子，我是在苦難的爐中熬煉你。

看哪！我熬煉了你，卻不像熬煉銀子；你在苦難的爐中，我揀選了你。

看哪，我熬煉你，卻不像熬煉銀子；你在苦難鑪中我試驗你。

看哪！我熬煉你，不像熬煉銀子，而是在苦難的熔爐中試煉你。

我曾鍊爾、非若鍊銀、試爾於患難之爐、

我置爾於洪爐、非煆鍊爾若金也、實歷試汝以艱耳、

我鍛鍊爾、然非若銀也、然非若銀也或作並未得銀我以苦難之爐試驗爾、

See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

I have tested you in the furnace of suffering. I have tried to make you pure. But I did not use as much heat as it takes to make silver pure.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and the LORD is the tester of hearts.

For you, God, tested us; you refined us as silver is refined.

Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you, as if something unusual were happening to you.

Yet he knows the way I have taken; when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but he does it for our benefit, so that we can share his holiness.No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Therefore, this is what the LORD of Armies says: I am about to refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of my dear people?

so that the proven character of your faith— more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire— may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

But the LORD selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for his inheritance, as you are today.

But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s bleach.He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.

“ Son of man, the house of Israel has become merely dross to me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are just dross from silver.Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because all of you have become dross, I am about to gather you into Jerusalem.Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to blow fire on them and melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and wrath, put you inside, and melt you.Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of my fury, and you will be melted within the city.As silver is melted inside a furnace, so you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my wrath on you.”

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent.

In the whole land— this is the LORD’s declaration— two-thirds will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say,‘ They are my people,’ and they will say,‘ The LORD is our God.’”

I will turn my hand against you and will burn away your dross completely; I will remove all your impurities.I will restore your judges to what they were at first, and your advisers to what they were at the start. Afterward you will be called the Righteous City, a Faithful Town.”

For they are your people and your inheritance; you brought them out of Egypt, out of the middle of an iron furnace.

I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they live as foreign residents, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.