Zechariah 9:11 (ASV)

Passage

As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Zechariah 9:10 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 nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Zechariah 9:11 As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.

Zechariah 9:12 Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.

Zechariah 9:13 For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thee", "blood", "covenant", "free", "prisoners", "wherein", and "water". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thee" and "blood", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And I will cut off the chariot..." into verse 12's "Turn you to the stronghold ye prisoners...", so "thee" and "blood" belong inside that flow. In Zechariah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thee" and "blood" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.