Zechariah 9:12

Zechariah 9:12

10 I ^awill cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
The ^bbattle bow shall be cut off.
He shall speak peace to the nations;
His dominion shall be ^c‘from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.’

God Will Save His People

11 “As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your ^aprisoners free from the waterless pit.

12 Return to the stronghold,
^aYou prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore ^bdouble to you.

13 For I have bent Judah, My bow,
Fitted the bow with Ephraim,
And raised up your sons, O Zion,
Against your sons, O Greece,
And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”

14 Then the Lord will be seen over them,
And ^aHis arrow will go forth like lightning.
The Lord God will blow the trumpet,
And go ^bwith whirlwinds from the south.

15 The Lord of hosts will ^adefend them;
They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.
They shall drink and roar as if with wine;
They shall be filled with blood like¹ basins,
Like the corners of the altar.

16 The Lord their God will ^asave them in that day,
As the flock of His people.
For ^bthey shall be like the jewels of a crown,
^cLifted like a banner over His land—

17 For ^ahow great is its goodness
And how great its ^bbeauty!
^cGrain shall make the young men thrive,
And new wine the young women.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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stronghold—in contrast to the "pit" (Zechariah 9:11); literally, "a place cut off from access." MAURER thinks, "a height" (Psalms 18:33). An image for the security which the returning Jews shall have in Messiah (Zechariah 9:8) encamped about His people (Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:5; compare Isaiah 49:9; Proverbs 18:10).

prisoners of hope—that is, who in spite of afflictions (Job 13:15; Psalms 42:5, Psalms 42:11) maintain hope in the covenant-keeping God; in contrast to unbelievers, who say, "There is no hope" (Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 18:12). Especially those Jews who believe God's word to Israel (Jeremiah 31:17), "there is hope in the end, that thy children shall come again to their own border," and do not say, as in Ezekiel 37:11, "Our hope is lost." Primarily, the Jews of Zechariah's time are encouraged not to be dispirited in building by their trials; secondarily, the Jews before the coming restoration are encouraged to look to Messiah for deliverance from their last oppressors.

even to-day—when your circumstances seem so unpromising; in contrast with the "day of the Lord," when Zion's King shall come to her deliverance (Zechariah 9:9).

I will render double—Great as has been thy adversity, thy prosperity shall be doubly greater (Isaiah 61:7).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 9:12:**

Job 42:10
Isaiah 38:17
Isaiah 49:9
Isaiah 61:7
Zechariah 8:23
Revelation 18:6

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