Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”

New American Standard Bible

“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
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 my God.’”

King James Version

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.

International Standard Version

And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"

A Conservative Version

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, LORD i

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified


“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Bible in Basic English

And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

And I brought the third through fire, and I purified them as purifying silver, and I tried them as trying gold: he shall call on my name and I will answer him: I said, He is my people; and he shall say, Jehovah my God.

King James 2000

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, They are my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will bring the [remaining] third into the fire, and I will refine them like [one] refines silver, and I will test them like [one] tests gold. They will call my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Yahweh [is] my God.'"

Modern King James verseion

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 answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the same third part will I bring through the fire, and will cleanse them, as the silver is cleansed: Yea and try them, like as gold is tried. Then shall they call upon my name, and I will hear them: I will say, 'It is my people.' And they shall say, 'LORD, my God.'"

NET Bible

Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"

New Heart English Bible

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.'"

The Emphasized Bible

And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold, - It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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, 'Yahweh is my God.'"

Youngs Literal Translation

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!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I will bring

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

the third part
שׁלישׁי 
Sh@liyshiy 
Usage: 108

אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

and will refine
צרף 
Tsaraph 
Usage: 33

כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

is refined
צרף 
Tsaraph 
Usage: 33

and will try
בּחן 
Bachan 
Usage: 29

them as gold
זהב 
Zahab 
Usage: 390

is tried
בּחן 
Bachan 
Usage: 29

קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

on my name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

and I will hear
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

them I will say

Usage: 0

It is my people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

The Lord

Usage: 0

Context Readings

God's People Cleansed

8 In the whole land—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
two-thirds will be cut off and die,
but a third will be left in it.
9 I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”



Cross References

Isaiah 48:10

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

Psalm 50:15

Call on Me in a day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

Zechariah 10:6

I will strengthen the house of Judah
and deliver the house of Joseph.
I will restore them
because I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though I had never rejected them.
For I am Yahweh their God,
and I will answer them.

Malachi 3:2-3

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire and like cleansing lye.

1 Peter 1:6-7

You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trials

Job 23:10

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

Psalm 66:10-12

For You, God, tested us;
You refined us as silver is refined.

Proverbs 17:3

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Isaiah 58:9

At that time, when you call, the Lord will answer;
when you cry out, He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you get rid of the yoke among you,
the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,

Jeremiah 29:11-12

For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 30:22

You will be My people,
and I will be your God.

Ezekiel 11:20

so they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Zechariah 8:8

I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem. They will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

Zechariah 12:10

“Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at Me whom they pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for Him as one weeps for a firstborn.

1 Peter 4:12

Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.

Leviticus 26:12

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

Leviticus 26:44-45

Yet in spite of this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or abhor them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them, since I am Yahweh their God.

Deuteronomy 26:17-19

Today you have affirmed that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes, commands, and ordinances, and obey Him.

Psalm 34:15-19

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and His ears are open to their cry for help.

Psalm 91:15

When he calls out to Me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble.
I will rescue him and give him honor.

Psalm 144:15

Happy are the people with such blessings.
Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

Isaiah 43:2

I will be with you
when you pass through the waters,
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not overwhelm you.
You will not be scorched
when you walk through the fire,
and the flame will not burn you.

Isaiah 44:1-6

“And now listen, Jacob My servant,
Israel whom I have chosen.

Isaiah 65:23-24

They will not labor without success
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.

Jeremiah 31:33

“Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will put My teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Jeremiah 32:38

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

Ezekiel 36:28

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

Ezekiel 37:27

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

Hosea 2:21-23

On that day I will respond
this is the Lord’s declaration.
I will respond to the sky,
and it will respond to the earth.

Joel 2:32

Then everyone who calls
on the name of Yahweh will be saved,
for there will be an escape
for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
as the Lord promised,
among the survivors the Lord calls.

Matthew 22:29-32

Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Acts 2:21

Then everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Romans 10:12-14

for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him.

1 Corinthians 3:11-13

For no one can lay any other foundation than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 8:10

But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.

James 1:12

A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

Revelation 21:3-4

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:

Look! God’s dwelling is with humanity,
and He will live with them.
They will be His people,
and God Himself will be with them
and be their God.

Revelation 21:7

The victor will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

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