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Zechariah 9:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Zechariah 9:12

Verse 12 of 17

Scripture focus

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

Zechariah 9:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 9:12

Theological / Devotional

I have sent forth. Or, “I will send forth.” A reference to the Israelites still captive in foreign lands.

Turn you. The divine appeal to the prisoners scattered abroad to accept deliverance.

Stronghold is Zion, defended by God and symbolical of His salvation (see Micah 4:8).

Prisoners of hope. The returned exiles thought themselves to be the prisoners of circumstance, but God assures them that there is hope of deliverance — if they are diligent in obeying His voice (ch. 6:15; see on Matt. 7:24-27).

Even to day. In the face of untoward conditions.

Double. Compare Isa. 61:7.

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