^{8 Ref} Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

^{9 Ref} Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.

^{10 Ref} See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.