Zechariah 13:9

NET

Zechariah 13:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.

When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.

For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Refine

But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like a launderer's soap.

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

They shall call

"I (says the Lord) will strengthen the kingdom of Judah and deliver the people of Joseph and will bring them back because of my compassion for them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and therefore I will hear them.

"I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.

The Lord pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help.

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!"

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.

Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, 'Here I am.' You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.

For I know what I have planned for you,' says the Lord. 'I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.

"At that time, I will willingly respond," declares the Lord. "I will respond to the sky, and the sky will respond to the ground;

It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the Lord has promised; the remnant will be those whom the Lord will call.

And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him.

It is my people

And I will bring them to settle within Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness.'

I will walk among you, and I will be your God and you will be my people.

Today you have declared the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

"Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!"

Then you will again be my people and I will be your God.

"But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land," says the Lord. "I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.

They will be my people, and I will be their God.

so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), 'You are my people!' And he will say, 'You are my God!'"

Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.

"For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.

General references

Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

Then you will again be my people and I will be your God.

They will be my people, and I will be their God.