Zechariah 9:12

Zechariah 9:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
• New International Version (NIV)Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Come back to the place of safety, all you prisoners who still have hope! I promise this very day that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.

Context of Zechariah 9:12

10I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; The battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion shall be ‘from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.’ 11“As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you. 13For 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.” 14Then the Lord will be seen over them, And His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord God will blow the trumpet, And go with whirlwinds from the south.

Zechariah 9:12 word by word

שׁ֚וּבוּ לְבִצָּר֔וֹן אֲסִירֵ֖י הַתִּקְוָ֑ה גַּם־הַיּ֕וֹם מַגִּ֥יד מִשְׁנֶ֖ה אָשִׁ֥יב לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• you to the strong holdבִּצָּרוֹןbitstsârôn · strongholdH1225
• ye prisonersאָסִיר'âsîyr · prisonerH615
• of hopeתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
• even to dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• do I declareנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• I will renderשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• doubleמִשְׁנֶהmishneh · secondH4932

Cross-references for Zechariah 9:12

• Isaiah 52:2Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion!
• Jeremiah 31:6For there shall be a day When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim, ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the Lord our God.’ ”
• Jeremiah 50:4“In those days and in that time,” says the Lord, “The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; With continual weeping they shall come, And seek the Lord their God.
• Jeremiah 51:10The Lord has revealed our righteousness. Come and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
• Micah 4:8And you, O tower of the flock, The stronghold of the daughter of Zion, To you shall it come, Even the former dominion shall come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.”
• Nahum 1:7The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.
• Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.
• Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.
• Isaiah 49:9That You may say to the prisoners, ‘Go forth,’ To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ “They shall feed along the roads, And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
• Jeremiah 31:17There is hope in your future, says the Lord, That your children shall come back to their own border.
• Lamentations 3:21This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.
• Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’
• Hosea 2:15I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
• Job 42:10And the Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
• Isaiah 40:2“Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the Lord’s hand Double for all her sins.”
• Isaiah 61:7Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

Commentaries on Zechariah 9:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Turn you to the strong hold - Ye who feel your sins, and are shut up under a sense of your guilt, look up to him who was delivered for your offenses, and rose again for your justification. Ye have hope, let that hope lead you to faith, and that faith to the blood of the covenant; and, through that blood, to God, the Father of all. I will render double unto thee - Give thee an abundance of peace and salvation.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Turn ye to the stronghold - that is, Almighty God; as the Psalmists so often say, “The Lord is the defense of my life” (Psalm 27:1, add Psalm 31:5; Psalm 37:39; Psalm 43:2; Psalm 52:9); and Joel, “The Lord shall be a stronghold of the children, of Israel”; and Nahum, “The Lord is a stronghold in the day of trouble” Nahum 1:7; And, David said, “Thou hast been a shelter for me, a strong tower against the enemy” Psalm 61:3; “the Name of the Lord is a strong…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. 12Return to your stronghold: This calls for the Jews still in Babylon to go back to Judah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. stronghold--in contrast to the "pit" (Zec 9:11); literally, "a place cut off from access." Maurer thinks, "a height" (Psa 18:33). An image for the security which the returning Jews shall have in Messiah (Zec 9:8) encamped about His people (Psa 46:1, 5; compare Is 49:9; Pr 18:10). prisoners of hope--that is, who in spite of afflictions (Job 13:15; Psa 42:5, 11) maintain hope in the covenant-keeping God; in contrast to unbelievers, who say, "There is no…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