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

Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says:

“See, I will refine(A) and test(B) them,
    for what else can I do
    because of the sin of my people?

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Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

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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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Yet you know me, Lord;
    you see me and test(A) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(B) to be butchered!
    Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(C)

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But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

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