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I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”
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Verse 9. Fire. The Church was persecuted during the first centuries; but always became more pure, and the blood of martyrs increased her numbers. Calmet.—She faithfully adhered to God. Bible.—The Jews say this will not take place at last: “but we assert that it is already accomplished.” Saint Jerome
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