Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say: 'It is My people', and they shall say: 'The LORD is my God.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Leviticus 26:12And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be My people.
Deuteronomy 26:17Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in His ways, and keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and hearken unto His voice.
Job 23:10For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Psalms 34:15(34-16) The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry.
Psalms 50:15And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'
Psalms 91:15He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and bring him to honour.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 13:8-9
Sufferings of Christ Predicted. ( b. c. 500.) 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord , two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as… Read the whole commentary →