Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the third into the fire, and melt it as one melts silver, and test it as one tests gold. Then they will call on my name, and I myself will answer them. I will say, “They are my people.” They will say, “The Lord is our God.”

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In The King James Version

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 hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

In Context

8In all the land, says the Lord, two-thirds in it will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord are towards the righteous, his ears are towards their cry for help.

Psalms 50:15Summon me in the day of distress, I will rescue you, so will you honor me.”

Psalms 91:15I will answer their cry and be with them in trouble, bringing them forth into safety and 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 →

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