Zechariah 9:11

11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Zechariah 9:11 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
NLT
11 Because of the covenant I made with you, sealed with blood, I will free your prisoners from death in a waterless dungeon.
MSG
11 "And you, because of my blood covenant with you, I'll release your prisoners from their hopeless cells.
CSB
11 As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless cistern.

Zechariah 9:11 In-Context

9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the warhorses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
12 Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.
13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow and fill it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and make you like a warrior’s sword.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Exodus 24:8; S Matthew 26:28; S Luke 22:20
  • 2. S Isaiah 10:4; S Isaiah 42:7
  • 3. Jeremiah 38:6
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