Zechariah 13:9 - Exposition

Through the fire. This third part, like its Master, passes through much tribulation, and is thereby refined and purified (comp. Psalms 66:10 ; Isaiah 48:10 ; Jeremiah 9:7 ; Daniel 12:10 ; Malachi 3:3 ; 1 Peter 1:6 , 1 Peter 1:7 ). Call on my Name. In their distress they shall turn in faith to Jehovah, as the covenant God, a very present Help in trouble ( Isaiah 65:24 ). Thus is represented God's dealing with his Church in every age.