Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies says:

I am about to refine them and test them,(A)
for what else can I do
because of my dear[a] people?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:7 Lit of the daughter of my
  2. 9:7 LXX, Tg read because of their evils

As for you, Lord, you know me; you see me.(A)
You test whether my heart is with you.(B)
Drag the wicked away like sheep to slaughter(C)
and set them apart for the day of killing.

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