a[1 Pet. 1:7]
b[Deut. 4:20; Ezek. 22:18, 20, 22]
dLev. 27:32

Isaiah 48:10

10Behold, I have refined you, abut not as silver;
bI have tried ▼
▼Or  I have chosen
 you in the furnace of affliction.

Ezekiel 20:37

37I will make you dpass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
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