Zechariah 13:9

I will bring that third through the fire 1 and refine them as silver is refined; 1 I will test them as gold is tested. 1 They will call on my name, 1 and I will answer them and say, 1 'This is my people!' 1 and they will say, 'Yahweh is my 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

8Then it will come about that throughout all the land—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 that two-thirds of it will be cut off! Those people will perish; 1 only one-third will remain there. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:12I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.

Deuteronomy 26:17You have declared today that Yahweh is your God, and that you will walk in his ways and keep his statutes, his commandments, and his decrees, and that you will listen to his voice.

Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take; 1 when he has tested me, I will come out like gold. 1

Psalms 34:15The eyes of Yahweh are on the righteous 1 and his ears are directed toward their cry. 1

Psalms 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble; 1 I will rescue you, and you will glorify me.” 1

Psalms 91:15When he calls to me, I will answer him. 1 I will be with him in trouble; 1 I will give him victory and will honor him. 1

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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