Zechariah 9:11 (DRB)

Passage

Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

Zechariah 9:10 And I will destroy the chariot out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow for war shall be broken: and he shall speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power shall be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.

Zechariah 9:11 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water.

Zechariah 9:12 Return to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope, I will render thee double as I declare today.

Zechariah 9:13 Because I have bent Juda for me as a bow, I have filled Ephraim: and I will raise up thy sons, O Sion, above thy sons, O Greece, and I will make thee as the sword of the mighty.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "blood", "testament", "hast", "sent", "forth", "prisoners", and "wherein". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" 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 destroy the chariot out..." into verse 12's "Return to the strong hold ye prisoners...", so "thou" 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 "thou" and "blood" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.