Zechariah 13:9
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.
Zechariah 13:9 in other translations
| 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.’” |
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| 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. |
| YLT | 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!' |
| 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. |
| BBE | 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. |
| 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. |
What does Zechariah 13:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 13:8-9
8-9. Two-thirds of the Jewish nation were to perish in the Roman wars, and a third to survive. Probably from the context (Zec 14:2-9), which has never yet been fulfilled, the destruction of the two-thirds (literally, "the proportion of two," or "portion of two") and the saving of the remnant, the one-third, are still future, and to be fulfilled under Antichrist.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 13:7-9
Here is a prophecy of the sufferings of Christ. God the Father gave order to the sword of his justice to awake against his Son, when he freely made his soul an offering for sin. As God, he is called "my Fellow." Christ and the Father are one. He is the Shepherd who was to lay down his life for the sheep. If a Sacrifice, he must be slain, for without shedding of the life-blood there was no remission. This sword must…
Zechariah 13:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Zechariah 13:9
- Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Jeremiah 29:11-12
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. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
- Acts 2:21
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
- Isaiah 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. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
- 1 Peter 1:6-7
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
- Psalms 34:15-19
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. …
- Psalms 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.
- 1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
- Revelation 21:7
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
- Jeremiah 30:22
And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
- Isaiah 43:2
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 66:10-12; Isa 43:2; 1Co 3:11-13; 1Pe 4:12
refine.
Job 23:10; Pr 17:3; Isa 48:10; Mal 3:2,3; Jas 1:12; 1Pe 1:6,7
they shall call.
10:6; 12:10; Ps 34:15-19; 50:15; 91:15; Isa 58:9; 65:23,24
Jer 29:11,12; Ho 2:21-23; Joe 2:32; Ac 2:21; Ro 10:12-14
It is my people.
8:8; Le 26:12,44,45; De 26:17-19; Ps 144:15; Isa 44:1-6; Jer 30:22
Jer 31:33; 32:38; Eze 11:20; 36:28; 37:27; Ho 2:23; Mt 22:29-32
Heb 8:10; Re 21:3,4,7
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Context
- Zechariah 13:8
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.
- Zechariah 13:9
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.
Zechariah 13:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y meteré en el fuego la tercera parte, y los fundiré como se funde la plata, y probarélos como se prueba el oro. El invocará mi nombre, y yo le oiré, y diré: Pueblo mío; y él dirá: Jehová es mi Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le tiers, je l’amènerai dans le feu, et je les affinerai comme on affine l’argent, et je les éprouverai comme on éprouve l’or. Ils invoqueront mon nom, et moi, je leur répondrai; je dirai: C’est ici mon peuple; et lui, dira: L’ Éternel est mon Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich werde den dritten Teil ins Feuer bringen, und ich werde sie läutern, wie man das Silber läutert, und sie prüfen, wie man das Gold prüft. Es wird meinen Namen anrufen, und ich werde ihm antworten; ich werde sagen:Es ist mein Volk; und es wird sagen: Jehova ist mein Gott. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ducam tertiam partem per ignem, et uram eos sicut uritur argentum, et probabo eos sicut probatur aurum. Ipse vocabit nomen meum, et ego exaudiam eum. Dicam: Populus meus es: et ipse dicet: Dominus Deus meus. |