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Zechariah 9:12

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Turn ye to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope,.... "That hope for redemption", as the Targum paraphrases it; not for redemption from the Babylonish captivity, at the end of seventy years, which was…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Turn ye to the stronghold - that is, Almighty God; as the Psalmists so often say, “The Lord is the defense of my life” (Psa 27:1, add Psa 31:5; Psa 37:39; Psa 43:2; Psa 52:9); and Joel, “The Lord…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Turn you to the strong hold - Ye who feel your sins, and are shut up under a sense of your guilt, look up to him who was delivered for your offenses, and rose again for your justification. Ye have…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zechariah 9:12-17

The prophet, having taught those that had returned out of captivity to attribute their deliverance to the blood of the covenant and to the promise of the Messiah (for they were so wonderfully helped…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

This verse coheres closely with the verse which precedes it, and a full stop should be printed at the end of it, as in R. V. There is a sharp contrast between the strongholdhere and the pitthere. And…