Isaiah 48:10
See, I have refined you, but not as silver;
What it says
God has refined them in affliction, though not as silver refined to completion.
What it is doing
This verse presents suffering as disciplinary purification rather than abandonment.
In context
1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, 2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city 3I foretold the former things long ago; 4For I knew that you are stubborn; 5Therefore I declared it to you long ago; 6You have heard these things; look at them all. 7They are created now, and not long ago; 8You have never heard; you have never understood; 9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; 10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; 11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act;