Zechariah 9:11 (WEB)

Passage

As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Zechariah 9:10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Zechariah 9:11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.

Zechariah 9:12 Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.

Zechariah 9:13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "I will cut off the chariot from..." into verse 12's "Turn to the stronghold you prisoners of...", so "blood" and "covenant" 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 "blood" and "covenant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.