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Zechariah 13:9

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7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

8 And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
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BSB
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
KJV
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.
WEB
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”
ASV
And I will bring the third part into 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, Jehovah is my God.
DARBY
And I will bring the third part into 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, Jehovah is my God.
BLB
And I will bring the third through the fire, and I will refine them like the refining of silver, and I will test them like the testing of gold. He will call on my name, and I will answer him. I will say, ‘It [is] My people,’ and he will say, ‘YHWH [is] My God.’”
ÅB
Og denne tredjedel vil jeg la gå gjennom ilden og rense den, som en renser sølv, og prøve den, som en prøver gull. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil bønnhøre dem; jeg vil si: De er mitt folk, og de skal si: Herren er min Gud.
[^1]: d.e. avgudenes.
[^2]: MTT 18, 3 fg.
OTB
Denne tredjedelen vil jeg føre gjennom ilden;
jeg vil rense dem som sølv blir renset
og teste dem som gull blir testet.
De vil påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil svare dem;
jeg vil si, ‘De er mitt folk,’
og de vil si, ‘Herren er vår Gud.’”
B1930
Og denne tredjedel vil jeg la gå gjennem ilden og rense den, som en renser sølv, og prøve den, som en prøver gull. De skal påkalle mitt navn, og jeg vil bønnhøre dem; jeg vil si: De er mitt folk, og de skal si: Herren er min Gud.

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