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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/zechariah/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/zechariah/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/zechariah/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Because of the covenant I made with you, sealed with blood, I will free your prisoners from death in a waterless dungeon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/zechariah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/zechariah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/zechariah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein <i>is</i> no water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/zechariah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/zechariah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for you also, because of the blood of <i>My</i> covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/zechariah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/zechariah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />As for you also, because of the blood of <i>My</i> covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/zechariah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/zechariah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you [My chosen people, the covenant that was sealed with blood] I have freed your prisoners from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/zechariah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless cistern.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/zechariah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless cistern. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/zechariah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/zechariah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When I made a sacred agreement with you, my people, we sealed it with blood. Now some of you are captives in waterless pits, but I will come to your rescue <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/zechariah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/zechariah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will set your captives free from the waterless pit because of the blood that sealed my promise to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/zechariah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, "Because of my covenant with you that was sealed by the blood of sacrifices, I will set your people free--free from the waterless pit of exile. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/zechariah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now concerning you and my blood covenant with you, I have liberated your prisoners from a waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/zechariah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/zechariah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/zechariah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/zechariah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit in which is no water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/zechariah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/zechariah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Also You—by the blood of Your covenant, "" I have sent Your prisoners out of the pit, "" There is no water in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/zechariah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/zechariah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also thou by the blood of thy covenant I sent forth thy bound ones from the pit no water in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/zechariah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/zechariah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You, likewise, by the blood of your testimony, have sent forth your prisoners from the pit, in which there is no water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/zechariah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As for you, by the blood of your covenant, I have freed your prisoners from a waterless pit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/zechariah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/zechariah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />As for you also, by the blood of your covenant you have set free the captives out of the pit wherein is no water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/zechariah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also you, in the blood of your covenant, you have released the prisoners from the pit which has no water in it.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/zechariah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I send forth thy prisoners out of the pit Wherein is no water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/zechariah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou by the blood of thy covenant has sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit that has no water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/9-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CFPk_KgOyMk?start=1399" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/zechariah/9.htm">Zion's Coming King</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at (Pro-2fs) -- You (masc. sing.). ">As for you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: bə·ḏam- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">because of the blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rî·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">of My covenant,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šil·laḥ·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">I will release</a> <a href="/hebrew/615.htm" title="615: ʾă·sī·ra·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- A bondman, prisoner. From 'acar; bound, i.e. A captive.">your prisoners</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">from the waterless</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen."></a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="953: mib·bō·wr (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- A pit, cistern, well. From buwr; a pit hole.">pit.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm">Isaiah 42:7</a></span><br />to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-9.htm">Isaiah 49:9</a></span><br />to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a></span><br />The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-20.htm">Psalm 102:20</a></span><br />to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/107-14.htm">Psalm 107:14</a></span><br />He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-11.htm">Jeremiah 31:11</a></span><br />For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-16.htm">Jeremiah 31:16</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-33.htm">Jeremiah 50:33-34</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them. / Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/24-8.htm">Exodus 24:8</a></span><br />So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-45.htm">Leviticus 26:45</a></span><br />But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-3.htm">Deuteronomy 30:3</a></span><br />then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Hebrews 9:15</a></span><br />Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-29.htm">Hebrews 10:29</a></span><br />How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Matthew 26:28</a></span><br />This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-24.htm">Mark 14:24</a></span><br />He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.</p><p class="hdg">As.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/5-31.htm">Deuteronomy 5:31</a></b></br> But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do <i>them</i> in the land which I give them to possess it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/13-13.htm">2 Samuel 13:13</a></b></br> And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">2 Chronicles 7:17</a></b></br> And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;</p><p class="hdg">by the blood of thy covenant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/24-8.htm">Exodus 24:8</a></b></br> And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled <i>it</i> on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Matthew 26:28</a></b></br> For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/14-24.htm">Mark 14:24</a></b></br> And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.</p><p class="hdg">I have.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-33.htm">Psalm 69:33</a></b></br> For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-19.htm">Psalm 102:19-21</a></b></br> For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/107-10.htm">Psalm 107:10-16</a></b></br> Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, <i>being</i> bound in affliction and iron; … </p><p class="hdg">out.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3</a></b></br> O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-2.htm">Psalm 40:2</a></b></br> He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, <i>and</i> established my goings.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/38-6.htm">Jeremiah 38:6</a></b></br> Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that <i>was</i> in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon <i>there was</i> no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/haggai/2-5.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-7.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm">Captives</a> <a href="/amos/1-9.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-8.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-7.htm">Free</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Hole</a> <a href="/jonah/2-6.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Water</a> <a href="/job/6-17.htm">Waterless</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-6.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-15.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Captives</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-11.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-14.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-8.htm">Free</a> <a href="/matthew/9-16.htm">Hole</a> <a href="/matthew/12-11.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-12.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-8.htm">Water</a> <a href="/matthew/12-43.htm">Waterless</a> <a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Zechariah 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/9-1.htm">God defends his church.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/9-9.htm">Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the coming of Christ, and his peaceable kingdom.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/9-12.htm">God's promises of victory and defense.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/zechariah/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/zechariah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/zechariah/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As for you</b><br>This phrase addresses the people of Israel, specifically the exiles who are being promised deliverance. It is a direct message from God, indicating a personal and specific promise to His chosen people. The context is post-exilic, as Zechariah prophesied during the time when the Israelites were returning from Babylonian captivity.<p><b>because of the blood of My covenant</b><br>This refers to the covenant God made with Israel, often associated with the Mosaic Covenant, which was ratified by the blood of sacrifices (<a href="/exodus/24-8.htm">Exodus 24:8</a>). The blood signifies the seriousness and binding nature of the covenant. In a broader theological context, it foreshadows the New Covenant established through the blood of Jesus Christ (<a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Matthew 26:28</a>), highlighting the theme of redemption and deliverance through sacrificial blood.<p><b>I will release your prisoners</b><br>This promise of release can be understood both literally and spiritually. Historically, it refers to the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylonian captivity. Spiritually, it symbolizes liberation from sin and bondage, a theme that resonates throughout the Bible, culminating in the freedom offered through Christ (<a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a>).<p><b>from the waterless pit</b><br>The "waterless pit" is a metaphor for a place of desolation and despair, often used to describe Sheol or a place of imprisonment (<a href="/genesis/37-24.htm">Genesis 37:24</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/38-6.htm">Jeremiah 38:6</a>). In ancient times, cisterns or pits were used as prisons. This imagery underscores the hopelessness of the captives' situation and the miraculous nature of their deliverance. It also prefigures the deliverance from spiritual death and separation from God, achieved through Christ's resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/z/zechariah.htm">Zechariah</a></b><br>A prophet in the post-exilic period who conveyed God's messages to the Israelites, encouraging them to rebuild the temple and renew their covenant with God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/prisoners.htm">Prisoners</a></b><br>Symbolically refers to the Israelites who were in exile or captivity, representing those who are spiritually bound or oppressed.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/waterless_pit.htm">Waterless Pit</a></b><br>A metaphor for a place of despair, hopelessness, or captivity, often used to describe situations of spiritual dryness or bondage.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/blood_of_my_covenant.htm">Blood of My Covenant</a></b><br>Refers to the covenant God made with His people, often associated with the sacrificial system and ultimately pointing to the New Covenant through Jesus Christ.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/release.htm">Release</a></b><br>The act of liberation or deliverance, signifying God's intervention to free His people from bondage.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_the_covenant.htm">The Power of the Covenant</a></b><br>God's covenant is a binding promise that assures His faithfulness and commitment to His people. Reflect on how the blood of the covenant, fulfilled in Christ, secures our redemption and freedom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_liberation.htm">Spiritual Liberation</a></b><br>Just as God promised to release prisoners from the waterless pit, He offers spiritual liberation to those who are bound by sin and despair. Consider areas in your life where you need God's deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_desolation.htm">Hope in Desolation</a></b><br>The imagery of the waterless pit reminds us that even in our most desolate times, God promises hope and restoration. Trust in His ability to transform your circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_the_fulfillment.htm">Christ as the Fulfillment</a></b><br>The blood of the covenant ultimately points to Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice brings about the ultimate release from spiritual captivity. Embrace the freedom found in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Reflect on God's unwavering faithfulness to His promises. How can you live in response to His covenantal love and grace?<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zechariah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zechariah 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_zechariah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Zechariah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_reason_for_jesus'_death.htm">What was the reason for Jesus' death?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_sacrifices_in_the_millennial_kingdom.htm">Why are animal sacrifices in the millennial kingdom?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/insights_from_day_36_on_spiritual_growth.htm">What events define the 33 AD journey to the cross?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zechariah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 11-17.</span> - § 3. <span class="accented">All Israel, united into one people, shall wage successful war against adversaries, and attain to high glory, and increase largely in numbers.</span> <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As for thee also.</span> The prophet addresses the daughter of Zion, the covenant people (comp. vers. 10, 13). "Also" is inserted to intimate that this deliverance is given in addition to the blessings promised in the two preceding verses. All who are living far from their native Zion are invited to come to her and partake of her good things. <span class="cmt_word">By</span> (<span class="accented">because of</span>) <span class="cmt_word">the blood of thy covenant.</span> The covenant is that made at Sinai, sealed and ratified by blood (<a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Exodus 24:4-8</a>), which still held good, and was the pledge to the nation of deliverance and help. This was a token of that everlasting covenant sealed with the blood of Christ, by which God's people are delivered from the bondage of sin (comp. <a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Matthew 26:28</a>; <a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Hebrews 9:15</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-14.htm">Hebrews 10:14-23</a>; <a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Hebrews 13:20</a>). <span class="cmt_word">I have sent forth; <span class="accented">I</span></span> <span class="accented">send forth</span> - the prophetic perfect. The Greek and Latin Versions render, "thou sentest forth," not so correctly. <span class="cmt_word">Thy prisoners.</span> Those members of the nation who were still oppressed or captives in foreign lands, as Babylon and Egypt (comp. <a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Obadiah 1:20</a>; <a href="/joel/3-6.htm">Joel 3:6</a>, etc.; <a href="/amos/1-6.htm">Amos 1:6, 9</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">The pit wherein is no water.</span> "Pit," or cistern, is a common name for a prison (<a href="/genesis/40-15.htm">Genesis 40:15</a>; <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Exodus 12:29</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/37-16.htm">Jeremiah 37:16</a>). The absence of water may be notified either to imply that the tortures of thirst were added to the horror of the situation, or to intimate that the prisoners were not hopelessly drowned therein. We Christians see in this paragraph a figure of the redemption of a lost world by the blood of Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/zechariah/9-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As for you,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֣תְּ</span> <span class="translit">(’at)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of the blood</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּדַם־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḏam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of [My] covenant,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִיתֵ֗ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rî·ṯêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will release</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(šil·laḥ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your prisoners</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲסִירַ֙יִךְ֙‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·sî·ra·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_615.htm">Strong's 615: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bondman, prisoner</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the waterless</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pit.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבּ֔וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_953.htm">Strong's 953: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pit, cistern, well</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/zechariah/9-11.htm">Zechariah 9:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/zechariah/9-11.htm">OT Prophets: Zechariah 9:11 As for you also because (Zech. 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