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The Lord says, “Two-thirds of the people
    through all the land will die. They will be gone,
    and one-third will be left.
The third that is left I will test with fire,
    purifying them like silver,
    testing them like gold.
Then they will call on me,
    and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘You are my people,’
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”

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In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
    “two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
    yet one-third will be left in it.(A)
This third I will put into the fire;(B)
    I will refine them like silver(C)
    and test them like gold.(D)
They will call(E) on my name(F)
    and I will answer(G) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(H)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(I)’”

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