"And I will bringthe thirdpartthrough the fire,Refinethem as silveris refined,And testthem as goldis tested.They will callon My name,And I will answerthem; I will say,They are My people,'And they will say,'The LORDis my God.'"
"For You have establishedfor Yourself Your peopleIsraelas Your own peopleforever,and You, O LORD,have becometheir God.
"But He knowsthe wayI take;[When] He has triedme, I shall comeforthas gold.
"Surelythereis a minefor silverAnd a placewhere they refinegold.
How blessedare the peoplewhoare sosituated; How blessedare the peoplewhoseGodis the LORD!
Then I will goto the altarof God,To Godmy exceedingjoy;And upon the lyreI shall praiseYou, O God,my God.
Callupon Me in the dayof trouble;I shall rescueyou, and you will honorMe."
"He will callupon Me, and I will answerhim; I will be with him in trouble;I will rescuehim and honorhim.
The refiningpotis for silverand the furnacefor gold,But the LORDtestshearts.
"My belovedis mine, and I am his; He pastures[his flock] among the lilies.
"Whenyou passthrough the waters,I will be with you; And through the rivers,they will not overflowyou. Whenyou walkthroughthe fire,you will not be scorched,Norwill the flameburnyou.
"Behold,I have refinedyou, but not as silver;I have testedyou in the furnaceof affliction.
"Thenyou will call,and the LORDwill answer;You will cry,and He will say,'HereI am.' Ifyou removethe yokefrom your midst,The pointingof the fingerand speakingwickedness,
"Thussaysthe LORDGodof Israel,'Like thesegoodfigs,soI will regardas goodthe captivesof Judah,whomI have sentout of thisplace[into] the landof the Chaldeans.
You shall be My people,And I will be your God.'"
"But thisis the covenantwhichI will makewith the houseof Israelafterthosedays,"declaresthe LORD,"I will putMy lawwithinthem and on their heartI will writeit; and I will be their God,and they shall be My people.
"They shall be My people,and I will be their God;
"Your dwellingis in the midstof deceit;Through deceitthey refuseto knowMe," declaresthe LORD.
that they may walkin My statutesand keepMy ordinancesand dothem. Then they will be My people,and I shall be their God.
in orderthat the houseof Israelmay nolongerstrayfrom Me and nolongerdefilethemselves with alltheir transgressions.Thus they will be My people,and I shall be their God,"' declaresthe LordGOD."
and I will purgefrom you the rebelsand those who transgressagainst Me; I will bringthem out of the landwherethey sojourn,but they will not enterthe landof Israel.Thus you will knowthat I am the LORD.
"You will livein the landthat I gaveto your forefathers;so you will be My people,and I will be your God.
"My dwellingplacealso will be with them; and I will be their God,and they will be My people.
"Someof those who haveinsightwill fall,in order to refine,purgeand makethem pureuntilthe endtime;because[it is] still[to come] at the appointedtime.
"Manywill be purged,purifiedand refined,but the wickedwill actwickedly;and noneof the wickedwill understand,but those who haveinsightwill understand.
"And it will comeabout that whoevercallson the nameof the LORDWill be delivered;For on MountZionand in JerusalemThere will be those who escape,As the LORDhas said,Even among the survivorswhomthe LORDcalls.
I will also walkamongyou and be your God,and you shall be My people.
"I will strengthenthe houseof Judah,And I will savethe houseof Joseph,And I will bringthem back,BecauseI havehadcompassionon them; And they will be as thoughI had not rejectedthem, For I am the LORDtheir Godand I will answerthem.
"I will pourout on the houseof Davidand on the inhabitantsof Jerusalem,the Spiritof graceand of supplication,so that they will lookon Me whomthey have pierced;and they will mournfor Him, as one mournsfor an onlyson,and they will weepbitterlyoverHim like the bitterweepingovera firstborn.
and I will bringthem [back] and they will livein the midstof Jerusalem;and they shall be My people,and I will be their Godin truthand righteousness.'
AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONEWHOCALLSON THE NAMEOF THE LORDWILL BE SAVED.'
"FOR THISIS THE COVENANTTHAT I WILL MAKEWITH THE HOUSEOF ISRAELAFTERTHOSEDAYS,SAYSTHE LORD:I WILL PUTMY LAWSINTO THEIR MINDS,AND I WILL WRITETHEM ON THEIR HEARTS.AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
Blessedis a manwhoperseveresunder trial;for once he has beenapproved,he will receivethe crownof lifewhich[the Lord] has promisedto thosewho loveHim.
Beloved,do not be surprisedat the fiery ordealamongyou, which comesupon you for your testing,as thoughsome strange thingwere happeningto you;
"He who overcomeswill inheritthese things,and I will be his Godand he will be My son.
The thirdangelsounded,and a greatstarfellfrom heaven,burninglikea torch,and it fellon a thirdof the riversand on the springsof waters.
The nameof the staris calledWormwood;and a thirdof the watersbecamewormwood,and manymendiedfrom the waters,becausethey were made bitter.
The fourthangelsounded,and a thirdof the sunand a thirdof the moonand a thirdof the starswere struck,sothat a thirdof them would be darkenedand the daywould not shinefor a thirdof it, and the nightin the same way.
The firstsounded,and there camehailand fire,mixedwith blood,and they were thrownto the earth;and a thirdof the earthwas burnedup, and a thirdof the treeswere burnedup, and allthe greengrasswas burnedup.
The secondangelsounded,and [something] likea greatmountainburningwith firewas throwninto the sea;and a thirdof the seabecameblood,
and a thirdof the creatureswhichwere in the seaand hadlife,died;and a thirdof the shipswere destroyed.
