Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and I will refine them as one refineth silver, and will probe them as gold is probed: they will call on my name, and I will answer their prayer; I will say, They arc my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
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Leviticus 26:12And I will walk among you, and I will be to you a God, and ye shall be to me a people.
Deuteronomy 26:17Thou hast this day acknowledged the Lord, that he is thy God, and that thou wilt walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice;
Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: were he to probe me, I should come forth as gold.
Psalms 34:15(34:16) The eyes of the Lord are directed unto the righteous, and his ears unto their cry.
Psalms 50:15And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee,— and so wilt thou glorify me.”
Psalms 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him: with him will I be in distress; I will deliver him, and grant him honor.
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 →