10. “See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
11. “For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it. For how is it profaned? And My esteem I do not give to another.
12. “Listen to Me, O Ya‛aqoḇ, and Yisra’ĕl, My called: I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.
13. “Also, My hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand has stretched out the heavens. I call to them, let them stand together.
14. “All of you, gather yourselves, and hear! Who among them has declared these? יהוה has loved him. Let him do His pleasure on Baḇel, and His arm be on the Chaldeans.
15. “I, I have spoken, I have also called him, I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.