Zechariah 9:12-14
1599 Geneva Bible
12 Turn you to the [a]stronghold, ye [b]prisoners of hope: even today do I declare, that I will render the [c]double unto thee.
13 For Judah have I bent as a [d]bow for me: Ephraim’s hand have I filled, and I have raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and have made thee as a giant’s sword.
14 And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall come forth with the whirlwinds of the South.
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- Zechariah 9:12 That is, into the holy land where the city and the Temple are, where God will defend you.
- Zechariah 9:12 Meaning the faithful, which seemed to be in danger of their enemies on every side, and yet lived in hope that God would restore them to liberty.
- Zechariah 9:12 That is, double benefits and prosperity, in respect of that which your fathers enjoined from David’s time to the captivity.
- Zechariah 9:13 I will make Judah and Ephraim, that is, my whole Church, victorious against all enemies, which he here meaneth by the Greecians.
Zechariah 9:12-14
New International Version
12 Return to your fortress,(A) you prisoners of hope;
even now I announce that I will restore twice(B) as much to you.
13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow(C)
and fill it with Ephraim.(D)
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece,(E)
and make you like a warrior’s sword.(F)
The Lord Will Appear
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