Isaiah 48:10 Douay-Rheims

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

Rashi

1040–1105 Jewish

but not as silver [lit. but not with silver.] Not with the fire of Gehinnom, as silver is refined through fire. I have chosen for you Heb. בְּחַרְתִּיךָ. I have chosen for you the crucible of poverty as opposed to the crucible of fire. A crucible (כּוּר) is a vessel in which they melt silver and gold.

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