I have refined thee] Or, will refine thee. Chap. 1. 25. Jeremiah 9:7. not with silver] Or, for silver: Or, as silver. Not so exactly and exquisitely, as silver is wont to be fined, which the finer keepeth in the fire, untill all the drosse be wholly wrought out of it; but with moderation; Jer. 30 11. regarding their infirmitie, who would be utterly consumed, if God should hold them so long in the furnace. Psal. 103. 9, 14. Chap. 57. 16. Jeremiah 10:24. I have chosen thee] Or, I will choose. Make a choice one of thee; by purifying of thee in the furnace of affliction. Daniel 11:35. Malachi 3:3.