7  “Awake, O sword, against ^qmy shepherd,

against the man who stands next to me,”

declares the Lord of hosts.

^r“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;

I will turn my hand against the little ones.

8  In the whole land, declares the Lord,

two thirds shall be cut off and perish,

^sand one third shall be left alive.

9  And ^tI will put this third into the fire,

and refine them as one refines silver,

and test them as gold is tested.

^uThey will call upon my name,

and ^vI will answer them.

^wI will say, ‘They are my people’;

and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”