Zechariah 9:11

And as for you, because of the blood of your agreement, I have sent out your prisoners from the deep hole in which there is no water.

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In The King James Version

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

In Context

10And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

12And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:31But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage.

2 Chronicles 7:17And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:

Psalms 40:2\40:1\When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

Psalms 102:19\102:18\This will be put in writing for the coming generation, and the people of the future will give praise to the Lord.

Isaiah 42:7To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.

Isaiah 49:9Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 9:10-12

Predictions Relating to Messiah. ( b. c. 510.) 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. 11 As for… Read the whole commentary →

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