Zechariah 13:9
And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, 'My people it [is],' And it saith, 'Jehovah [is] my God!'
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Leviticus 26:12and I have walked habitually in your midst, and have become your God, and ye — ye are become My people;
Deuteronomy 26:17Jehovah thou hast caused to promise to-day to become thy God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commands, and His judgments, and to hearken to His voice.
Job 23:10For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.
Psalms 34:15The eyes of Jehovah [are] unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.
Psalms 50:15And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
Psalms 91:15He doth call Me, and I answer him, I [am] with him in distress, I deliver him, and honour him.
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 →