Zechariah 9:12

12 Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.

Zechariah 9:12 in Other Translations

KJV
12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
ESV
12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
NLT
12 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.
MSG
12 Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I'm declaring a double bonus - everything you lost returned twice-over!
CSB
12 Return to a stronghold, you prisoners who have hope; today I declare that I will restore double to you.

Zechariah 9:12 In-Context

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.
14 Then the LORD will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south,

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Joel 3:16
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 21:17; S Isaiah 40:2
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