Zechariah 13:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then I will test those survivors by giving them many troubles. The troubles will be like the fire a person uses to prove silver is pure. I will test them the way a person tests gold. Then they will call to me for help, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people.’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Cross References

Psalm 50:15

God says, “Call me when trouble comes. I will help you, and you will honor me.”

Acts 2:21

And everyone who trusts in the Lord will be saved.’ Joel 2:28-32

Isaiah 48:10

“Look, I will make you pure, but not in the way you make silver pure. I will make you pure by giving you troubles.

Psalm 91:15

When my followers call to me, I will answer them. I will be with them when they are in trouble. I will rescue them and honor them.

Revelation 21:7

All those who win the victory will receive all this. And I will be their God, and they will be my children.

1 Peter 4:12

My friends, don’t be surprised at the painful things that you are now suffering, which are testing your faith. Don’t think that something strange is happening to you.

Jeremiah 30:22

You will be my people, and I will be your God.”

Isaiah 43:2

When you have troubles, I am with you. When you cross rivers, you will not be hurt. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not hurt you.

James 1:12

Great blessings belong to those who are tempted and remain faithful! After they have proved their faith, God will give them the reward of eternal life. God promised this to all people who love him.

Zechariah 10:6

I will make Judah’s family strong. I will help Joseph’s family win the war. I will bring them back safely and comfort them. It will be as if I never left them. I am the Lord their God, and I will help them.

Hebrews 8:10

This is the new agreement I will give the people of Israel. I will give this agreement in the future, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write my laws on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Job 23:10

But God knows me. He is testing me and will see that I am as pure as gold.

Zechariah 8:8

I will bring them back here, and they will live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their good and faithful God.”

Jeremiah 31:33

“In the future I will make this agreement with the people of Israel.” This message is from the Lord. “I will put my teachings in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Isaiah 58:9

Then you will call to the Lord, and he will answer you. You will cry out to him, and he will say, “Here I am.” Stop causing trouble and putting burdens on people. Stop saying things to hurt people or accusing them of things they didn’t do.

Leviticus 26:12

I will walk with you and be your God. And you will be my people.

Zechariah 12:10

I will fill David’s family and the people living in Jerusalem with a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look to me, the one they stabbed, and they will be very sad. They will be as sad as someone crying over the death of their only son, as sad as someone crying over the death of their firstborn son.

Proverbs 17:3

Fire is used to make gold and silver pure, but a person’s heart is made pure by the Lord.

Psalm 144:15

How wonderful to have such blessings! Yes, great blessings belong to those who have the Lord as their God.

Joel 2:32

And everyone who trusts in the Lord will be saved. There will be survivors on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, just as the Lord said. Yes, those left alive will be the ones the Lord has called.

Ezekiel 37:27

My Holy Tent will be with them. Yes, I will be their God and they will be my people.

Ezekiel 36:28

Then you will live in the land that I gave to your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.

Ezekiel 11:20

Then they will obey my laws and my commands. They will do the things I tell them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.’”

Jeremiah 32:38

The people of Israel and Judah will be my people, and I will be their God.

Revelation 8:7

The first angel blew his trumpet. Then hail and fire mixed with blood was poured down on the earth. And a third of the earth and all the green grass and a third of the trees were burned up.

Revelation 8:8

The second angel blew his trumpet. Then something that looked like a big mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. And a third of the sea became blood.

Revelation 8:9

And a third of the created beings in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 8:10

The third angel blew his trumpet. Then a large star, burning like a torch, fell from the sky. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Revelation 8:11

The name of the star was Bitterness. And a third of all the water became bitter. Many people died from drinking this bitter water.

Revelation 8:12

The fourth angel blew his trumpet. Then a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck. So a third of them became dark. A third of the day and night was without light.

Jeremiah 24:5

The Lord, the God of Israel, said, “The people of Judah were taken from their country. Their enemy brought them to Babylon. Those people will be like these good figs. I will be kind to them.

Ezekiel 20:38

I will remove all those who turned against me and sinned against me. I will remove them from your homeland. They will never again come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

Daniel 11:35

Some of the wise people will stumble and make mistakes. But the persecution must come so that they can be made stronger and purer until the time of the end. Then, at the right time, that time of the end will come.

Daniel 12:10

Many people will be made pure—they will make themselves clean. But evil people will continue to be evil. And those wicked people will not understand these things, but the wise people will understand them.

2 Samuel 7:24

You made the people of Israel your very own people forever, and Lord, you became their God.

Job 28:1

“There are mines where people get silver and places where people melt gold to make it pure.

Psalm 43:4

I want to go to God’s altar, to the God who makes me so very happy. God, my God, I want to play my harp and sing praises to you!

Song of Solomon 2:16

My lover is mine, and I am his! My lover feeds among the lilies,

Jeremiah 9:6

One bad thing followed another, and lies followed lies. The people refused to know me.” This is what the Lord said.

Ezekiel 14:11

Why? So that those prophets will stop leading my people away from me, and my people will stop being filthy with sin. Then they will be my special people, and I will be their God.’” This is what the Lord GOD said.