Zechariah 9:12

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

So return to the stronghold, O prisoners of hope. Even this day I declare that I will return double to you.

Latin

Convertimini ad munitionem, vincti spei: hodie quoque annuntians duplicia reddam tibi.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Zechariah 9:12

Return to your stronghold: This calls for the Jews still in Babylon to go back to Judah.

Zechariah 9:9–17

The second message of Zechariah’s first oracle (Zechariah 9–11) contrasts war and peace, themes that have shaped human history. Judah’s future deliverer-king will win in battle, yet remain righteous and humble (Zechariah 9:9). He will bring peace to all nations during his universal reign (Zechariah 9:10).

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Apocalyptic Literature

Events

Prophecies of Zechariahc. 520 BC

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After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
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Lamentations 3:21–22
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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.
Isaiah 40:2
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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.
Hosea 2:15
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.
Joel 3:16
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.
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Ezekiel 37:11
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.’

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