Zechariah 9:12 (DBY)

Passage

Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee.

Nearby Context

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, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

Zechariah 9:12 Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare 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 raise up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and make thee like the sword of a mighty man.

Zechariah 9:14 And Jehovah shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will march with whirlwinds of the south.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "turn", "again", "stronghold", "prisoners", "hope", "even", "to-day", and "declare". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "turn" and "again", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "As for thee also by the blood..." into verse 13's "For I have bent Judah for me...", so "turn" and "again" 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 "turn" and "again" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.