Zechariah 13:9

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Zechariah 13:9

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Summary

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.

Bring

Refine

They shall call

It is my people

General references

Jeremiah 32:38

Bible References

Bring

For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.

For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.

Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

Refine

For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.

But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

They shall call

And I will make the children of Judah strong, and I will be the saviour of the children of Joseph, and I will make them come back again, for I have had mercy on them: they will be as if I had not given them up: for I am the Lord their God and I will give them an answer.

And I will send down on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayer; and their eyes will be turned to the one who was wounded by their hands: and they will be weeping for him as for an only son, and their grief for him will be bitter, like the grief of one sorrowing for his oldest son.

The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.

Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;

Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.

For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

And it will be, in that day, says the Lord, that I will give an answer to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth;

And it will be that whoever makes his prayer to the name of the Lord will be kept safe: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem some will be kept safe, as the Lord has said, and will be among the small band marked out by the Lord.

And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.

And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:

It is my people

And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be to them a God, in good faith and in righteousness.

And I will be present among you and will be your God and you will be my people.

Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:

And you will be my people, and I will be your God.

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

And they will be my people, and I will be their God:

So that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.

So that you may go on living in the land which I gave to your fathers; and you will be to me a people, and I will be to you a God.

And my House will be over them; and I will be to them a God, and they will be to me a people.

And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.

But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.

General references

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.

And you will be my people, and I will be your God.

And they will be my people, and I will be their God: