Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
through . . . fire--of trial (Psalms 66:10; Amos 4:11; 1 Corinthians 3:15; 1 Peter 1:6-7). It hence appears that the Jews' conversion is not to precede, but to follow, their external deliverance by the special interposition of Jehovah; which latter shall be the main cause of their conversion, combined with a preparatory inward shedding abroad in their hearts of the Holy Spirit (Zechariah 12:10-14); and here, "they shall call on My name," in their trouble, which brings Jehovah to their help (Psalms 50:15).
my people-- (Jeremiah 30:18-22; Ezekiel 11:19-20; Hosea 2:23).
Two-thirds of the Jewish nation were to perish in the Roman wars, and a third to survive. Probably from the context (Zechariah 14:2-9), which has never yet been fulfilled, the destruction of the two-thirds (literally, "the proportion of two," or "portion of two") and the saving of the remnant, the one-third, are still future, and to be fulfilled under Antichrist.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 4:2
Isaiah 48:10
Isaiah 48:22
Jeremiah 50:20
Ezekiel 5:9
Ezekiel 6:9
Ezekiel 9:6
Ezekiel 11:20
Ezekiel 20:35
Ezekiel 20:38
Ezekiel 20:38
Ezekiel 37:8
Ezekiel 37:28
Daniel 12:1
Zechariah 8:7
Zechariah 12:14
Zechariah 13:1
Zechariah 14:2
Malachi 3:2
2 Thessalonians 2:4
2 Thessalonians 2:7
Revelation 7:3
Revelation 8:7
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