Zechariah 9:11

Zechariah 9:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
• New International Version (NIV)As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

Context of Zechariah 9:11

9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is righteous and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10And I will eliminate the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; And the bow of war will be eliminated. And He will speak peace to the nations; And His dominion will be from sea to sea, And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth. As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. 12Return to the stronghold, you prisoners who have the hope; This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you. 13For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece; And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.

Zechariah 9:11 word by word

גַּם־אַ֣תְּ בְּדַם־בְּרִיתֵ֗ךְ שִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי אֲסִירַ֙יִךְ֙ מִבּ֔וֹר אֵ֥ין מַ֖יִם בּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• As for you alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• I have setשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• prisonersאָסִיר'âsîyr · prisonerH615
• waterlessאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• waterlessמַיmayim · waterH4325
• pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953

Cross-references for Zechariah 9:11

• Deuteronomy 5:31But as for you, stand here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, so that they may follow them in the land which I am giving them to possess.’
• 2 Samuel 13:13As for me, where could I get rid of my shame? And as for you, you will be like one of the fools in Israel. Now then, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
• 2 Chronicles 7:17As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, to do according to everything that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My ordinances,
• Daniel 2:29As for you, O king, while on your bed your thoughts turned to what would take place in the future; and He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will take place.
• Exodus 24:8So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
• Matthew 26:28for this is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
• Mark 14:24And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many.
• Luke 22:20And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant in My blood.
• 1 Corinthians 11:25In the same way He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
• Hebrews 9:10since they relate only to food, drink, and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.
• Hebrews 10:29How much more severe punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
• Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, that is, Jesus our Lord,
• Psalms 69:33For the Lord hears the needy, And does not despise those of His who are prisoners.
• Psalms 102:19For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the Lord looked upon the earth,
• Psalms 107:10There were those who lived in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,
• Isaiah 42:7To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

Commentaries on Zechariah 9:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11As for thee also (Jerusalem) by the blood of thy covenant - The covenant made with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the Israelites in general, and ratified by the blood of many victims; until the time should come in which the Messiah should shed his blood, as typified by the ancient sacrifices. I have sent forth thy prisoners - Those who were under the arrest of God's judgments; the human race, fast bound in sin and misery, and who by the pitifulness of his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11As for thee also - The prophet turns from the deliverance of the whole world to the former people, the sorrows which they should have in the way, and the protection which God would bestow upon them for the sake of Him, who, according to the flesh, was to be born of them. “Thou too;” he had spoken of the glories of the Church, such as her king, when He should come, should extend it, embracing earth‘s remotest bounds: he turns to her, Israel after the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 The prophet breaks forth into a joyful representation of the coming of the Messiah, of whom the ancient Jews explained this prophecy. He took the character of their King, when he entered Jerusalem amidst the hosannas of the multitude. But his kingdom is a spiritual kingdom. It shall not be advanced by outward force or carnal weapons. His gospel shall be preached to the world, and be received among the heathen. A sinful state is a state of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The covenant sealed with blood most likely refers to the sacrifice involving blood that confirmed the Mosaic covenant (the agreement God made with Israel at Mount Sinai, Exodus 24:8). The prisoners were Jews still living as exiles in Mesopotamia after the exile in Babylon. The Jews who stayed in Persia and Babylon were spiritual exiles because they lived outside the promised land of spiritual blessing and rest (see Deuteronomy 12:10). One of the Messiah’s…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. As for thee also--that is, the daughter of Zion," or "Jerusalem" (Zec 9:9): the theocracy. The "thee also," in contradistinction to Messiah spoken of in Zec 9:10, implies that besides cutting off the battle-bow and extending Messiah's "dominion to the ends of the earth," God would also deliver for her her exiled people from their foreign captivity. by the blood of thy covenant--that is, according to the covenant vouchsafed to thee on Sinai, and…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Zechariah 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings