Zechariah 9:12 “Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare t…”

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.

American Standard Version

Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Turne you to the strong holde, ye prisoners of hope: euen to day doe I declare, that I will render the double vnto thee.

Darby Translation

Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee.

Young's Literal Translation

Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.

Bible in Basic English

And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;

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Cross references

“Turn”

Hebrews 6:18 Jeremiah 51:10 Nahum 1:7 Isaiah 52:2 Jeremiah 31:6 Micah 4:8

Hebrews 6:18 · BSB

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

Jeremiah 51:10 · BSB

“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”

Nahum 1:7 · BSB

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

Isaiah 52:2 · BSB

Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

Jeremiah 31:6 · BSB

For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”

Micah 4:8 · BSB

And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion— the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”

“even”

Jeremiah 31:17 Hosea 2:15 Ezekiel 37:11 Isaiah 38:18 Isaiah 49:9 Lamentations 3:21

Jeremiah 31:17 · BSB

So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.

Hosea 2:15 · BSB

There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

Ezekiel 37:11 · BSB

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Isaiah 38:18 · BSB

For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Isaiah 49:9 · BSB

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.

Lamentations 3:21 · BSB

Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

“I will”

Job 42:10 Isaiah 61:7 Isaiah 40:2

Job 42:10 · BSB

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

Isaiah 61:7 · BSB

Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

Isaiah 40:2 · BSB

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

Also

Joel 3:16

Joel 3:16 · BSB

The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

13For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

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