Zechariah 13:9 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 13:9

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.’”

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And I will bring the third part through the fire,.... Into tribulation, as the Targum explains it; or into great distresses, comparable to fire, as Kimchi observes; this is the hour of temptation that will be in the Philadelphian church state, Rev 3:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When Jerusalem and Judea were destroyed, all the Christians in that country, having among them the warning Christ gave them to flee to the mountains, shifted for their own safety, and were sheltered in a city called Pella, on the other side Jordan. We have here first the trials and then the triumphs of the Christian church, and of all the faithful members of it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I will bring the third part through the fire - Such is always God’s ways. “Thou hast proved us, O God; Thou hast tried us, like as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the snare, Thou laidest trouble upon our loins: we went through fire and water, and Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place” Psa 66:9-11. “I have refined thee, but not with silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction” Isa 48:10; and, “Through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God” Act 14:

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהֵבֵאתִ֤י	ve.he.ve.Ti	and I will bring	H935 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַשְּׁלִשִׁית֙	ha.she.li.Shit	the third [part]	H7992 →
בָּאֵ֔שׁ	ba.'Esh	in the fire	H784 →
וּצְרַפְתִּים֙	u.tze.raf.Tim	and I will refine them	H6884 →
כִּצְרֹ֣ף	kitz.Rof	as refines	H6884 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַכֶּ֔סֶף	ha.Ke.sef	<the> silver	H3701 →
וּבְחַנְתִּ֖ים	u.ve.chan.Tim	and I will test them	H974 →
כִּבְחֹ֣ן	kiv.Chon	as tests	H974 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַזָּהָ֑ב	ha.za.Hav	<the> gold	H2091 →
ה֣וּא׀	hu'	it	H1931 →
יִקְרָ֣א	yik.Ra'	it will call	H7121 →
בִשְׁמִ֗י	vish.Mi	on name my	H8034 →
וַֽאֲנִי֙	Va.'a.ni	and I	H589 →
אֶעֱנֶ֣ה	'e.'e.Neh	I will answer	H6030 →
אֹת֔וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →
אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙	'a.Mar.ti	I will say	H559 →
עַמִּ֣י	'a.Mi	[is] people my	H5971 →
ה֔וּא	Hu'	it	H1931 →
וְה֥וּא	ve.Hu'	and it	H1931 →
יֹאמַ֖ר	yo.Mar	it will say	H559 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהָֽי׃ ס	'e.lo.Hai	[is] God my	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
leads to
- Psalms 107:28
  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- Psalms 91:15
  When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Psalms 34:3–4
  Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
- Psalms 107:19
  Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalms 81:7
  You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
Through
Acts 2:21
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
leads to
- Romans 10:12–13
  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Joel 2:32
  And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by…
Through
Isaiah 48:10
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:12
  Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zechariah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zechariah