Zechariah Chapter 9 verse 11 Holy Bible
As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
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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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As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
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As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
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As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
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Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 11-17. - ยง 3. All Israel, united into one people, shall wage successful war against adversaries, and attain to high glory, and increase largely in numbers. Verse 11. - As for thee also. The prophet addresses the daughter of Zion, the covenant people (comp. vers. 10, 13). "Also" is inserted to intimate that this deliverance is given in addition to the blessings promised in the two preceding verses. All who are living far from their native Zion are invited to come to her and partake of her good things. By (because of) the blood of thy covenant. The covenant is that made at Sinai, sealed and ratified by blood (Exodus 24:4-8), which still held good, and was the pledge to the nation of deliverance and help. This was a token of that everlasting covenant sealed with the blood of Christ, by which God's people are delivered from the bondage of sin (comp. Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 10:14-23; Hebrews 13:20). I have sent forth; I send forth - the prophetic perfect. The Greek and Latin Versions render, "thou sentest forth," not so correctly. Thy prisoners. Those members of the nation who were still oppressed or captives in foreign lands, as Babylon and Egypt (comp. Obadiah 1:20; Joel 3:6, etc.; Amos 1:6, 9, etc.). The pit wherein is no water. "Pit," or cistern, is a common name for a prison (Genesis 40:15; Exodus 12:29; Jeremiah 37:16). The absence of water may be notified either to imply that the tortures of thirst were added to the horror of the situation, or to intimate that the prisoners were not hopelessly drowned therein. We Christians see in this paragraph a figure of the redemption of a lost world by the blood of Christ.
