Zechariah 13:9
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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Read in contextActs 2:21
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:23–24
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Read in contextIsaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Read in context1 Peter 1:6–7
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Read in contextPsalms 34:15–19
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Read in contextPsalms 91:15
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
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