And (A)I will put this third into the fire,
    and refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
(B)They will call upon my name,
    and (C)I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

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15 and (A)call upon me in the day of trouble;
    I will (B)deliver you, and you shall (C)glorify me.”

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11 (A)For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare[a] and not for evil, (B)to give you a future and a hope. 12 (C)Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, (D)and I will hear you.

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  1. Jeremiah 29:11 Or peace

21 And it shall come to pass that (A)everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

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23 (A)They shall not labor in vain
    (B)or bear children for calamity,[a]
for (C)they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
    and their descendants with them.
24 (D)Before they call I will answer;
    (E)while they are yet speaking I will hear.

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  1. Isaiah 65:23 Or for sudden terror

10 Behold, I have refined you, (A)but not as silver;
    (B)I have tried[a] you in the furnace of affliction.

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  1. Isaiah 48:10 Or I have chosen

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by (A)various trials, so that (B)the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes (C)though it is tested by (D)fire—may be found to result in (E)praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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15 (A)The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
    (B)and his ears toward their cry.
16 (C)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
    to (D)cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 (E)When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
    and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to (F)the brokenhearted
    and saves (G)the crushed in spirit.

19 (H)Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    (I)but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

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15 When he (A)calls to me, I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble;
    I will rescue him and (B)honor him.

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(A)The one who conquers will have this heritage, and (B)I will be his God and (C)he will be my son.

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Suffering as a Christian

12 Beloved, do not be surprised at (A)the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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22 (A)And you shall be my people,
    and I will be your God.”

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(A)When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
(B)when you walk through fire (C)you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.

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