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Zechariah 9:12 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double "
Zechariah 9:12
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And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
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 go with whirlwinds of the south.
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Zechariah 9:1
"The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD."
Zechariah 9:2
"And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise."
Zechariah 9:3
"And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets."
Zechariah 9:4
"Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire."
Zechariah 9:5
"Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited."
Zechariah 9:6
"And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines."
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