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Zechariah 9:12

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10 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.

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

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

13 For 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.

14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.

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BSB
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
KJV
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
WEB
Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
ASV
Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.
DARBY
Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee.
BLB
So return to the stronghold, O prisoners of hope. Even this day I declare [that] I will return double to you.
ÅB
Vend tilbake til festningen, dere fanger som har håp! Også idag forkynner jeg at jeg vil gi dere dobbelt igjen.
OTB
Vend tilbake til festningen, dere fanger fylt med håp;
Denne dagen erklærer jeg at jeg vil gjenopprette dobbelt til dere.
B1930
Vend tilbake til festningen, I fanger som har håp! Også idag forkynner jeg at jeg vil gi eder dobbelt igjen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 42:10

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

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  • Isaiah 61:7

    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.

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  • Lamentations 3:21–22

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

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  • Hebrews 6:18

    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.

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  • Isaiah 40:2

    “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.”

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  • Jeremiah 51:10

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

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  • Jeremiah 31:17

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

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  • Nahum 1:7

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

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