Zechariah 9:12

Ye shall dwell in strongholds, ye prisoners of the congregation: and for one day of thy captivity I will recompense thee double.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

In Context

11And thou by the blood of thy covenant hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit that has no water.

13For I have bent thee, O Judah, for myself as a bow, I have filled Ephraim; and I will raise up thy children, O Zion, against the children of the Greeks, and I will handle thee as the sword of a warrior.

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Cross References

Job 42:10And the Lord prospered Job: 1 And when he prayed also for his friends, he forgave them their sin: 1 And the Lord gave Job twice as much, even the double of what he had before. 1

Isaiah 40:2Speak, ye priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord’s hand double the amount of her sins.

Isaiah 52:2Shake off the dust and arise; sit down, Jerusalem: put off the band of thy neck, captive daughter of Zion.

Jeremiah 31:6Flee ye, and save your lives, and ye shall be as a wild ass in the desert.

Jeremiah 50:4So Johanan, and all the leaders of the host, and all the people, refused to hearken to the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Judah.

Jeremiah 51:10And have not ceased even to this day, and they have not kept to my ordinances, which I set before their fathers.

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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