“Tamquam aurum in fornace probavit illos, et quasi holocausti hostiam accepit illos, et in tempore erit respectus illorum.”
“As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.”
“As gold in the furnace he proved them, And as a whole burnt offering he accepted them.”
Holocaust. The sufferings (Menochius) which they have voluntarily endured, cause them to be pleasing to God. (Haydock) (Zacharias xiii. 9.) — Time of judgment, or of death. (Calmet) — Septuagint, “at the time of their visitation, they shall shine, and,” &c., ver. 7., and Matthew xiii. 43. (Haydock) (Zacharias xii. 6.)