Zechariah 9 · Verse 11

Zechariah 9:11

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
Zechariah 9:11, King James Version

Zechariah 9:11 in other translations

BSBAs for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
WEBAs for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
ASVAs for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
YLTAlso thou--by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.
DARBYAs for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAs for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit in which is no water.

What does Zechariah 9:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. 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 ratified by the blood of sacrifices (Ex 24:8; He 9:18-20). pit wherein ... no water--Dungeons were often pits without water, miry at the bottom, such as Jeremiah sank in when confined (Ge 37:24; Jr 38:6). An image of the misery of the Jewish exiles in Egypt, Greece, &c., under the successors of Alexander, especially under Antiochus Epiphanes, who robbed and profaned the temple, slew thousands, and enslaved more. God delivered them by the Maccabees. A type of the future deliverance from their last great persecutor hereafter (Is 51:14; 60:1).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 As 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 tender mercy were loosed, he dying in their stead.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 9:9-17

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…

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Zechariah 9:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אַ֣תְּ'atyouH859
בְּדַם\־be.dam-by [the] blood ofH1818
בְּרִיתֵ֗ךְbe.ri.Tekhcovenant yourH1285
שִׁלַּ֤חְתִּיshi.Lach.tiI will set freeH7971
אֲסִירַ֙יִךְ֙'a.si.Ra.yikhprisoners yourH615
מִבּ֔וֹרmi.Borfrom a pitH953
אֵ֥ין'ein[which] notH369
מַ֖יִםMa.yimwaterH4325
בּֽוֹ\׃bo[is] in it

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Zechariah 9:11

  • Exodus 24:8

    And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

  • Isaiah 51:14

    The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

  • Psalms 102:19-21

    For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

  • Matthew 26:28

    For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

  • Isaiah 42:7

    To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

  • Isaiah 49:9

    That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

  • Psalms 40:2

    He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:25

    After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

  • Mark 14:24

    And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

  • Hebrews 10:29

    Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

  • Hebrews 9:10-26

    Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: …

  • Psalms 69:33

    For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
As.
De 5:31; 2Sa 13:13; 2Ch 7:17; Da 2:29
by the blood of thy covenant. or, whose covenant is by blood.
Ex 24:8; Mt 26:28; Mr 14:24; Lu 22:20; 1Co 11:25; Heb 9:10-26
Heb 10:29; 13:20
I have.
Ps 69:33; 102:19-21; 107:10-16; Isa 42:7,22; 49:9; 51:14; 58:12
Isa 61:1; Lu 4:18; Ac 26:17,18; Col 1:13,14
out.
Ps 30:3; 40:2; Jer 38:6; Lu 16:24; Re 20:3

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Context

  • Zechariah 9:10

    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.

  • Zechariah 9:11

    As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

  • Zechariah 9:12

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

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Zechariah 9:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tú también por la sangre de tu pacto serás salva; yo he sacado tus presos del aljibe en que no hay agua.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Quant à toi aussi, à cause du sang de ton alliance, je renverrai tes prisonniers hors de la fosse où il n’y avait point d’eau.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du-um des Blutes deines Bundes willen entlasse ich auch deine Gefangenen aus der Grube, in welcher kein Wasser ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tu quoque in sanguine testamenti tui emisisti vinctos tuos de lacu in quo non est aqua.