7. “Awake, sword, against my shepherd,and against the man who is close to me,” says the Lord of Hosts.“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8. It shall happen that in all the land,” says the Lord,“two parts in it will be cut off and die;but the third will be left in it.
9. 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.’”