8Two-thirds of the people in the land

will be cut off and die,” says the Lord.

“But one-third will be left in the land.

9I will bring that group through the fire

and make them pure.

I will refine them like silver

and purify them like gold.

They will call on my name,

and I will answer them.

I will say, ‘These are my people,’

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