Zechariah 9:11

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“As for you,because of the blood of My covenant,I will release your prisonersfrom the waterless pit.”

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BSBPD

“As for you,because of the blood of My covenant,I will release your prisonersfrom the waterless pit.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Also thou--by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zechariah 9:11 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 24:8So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
  2. Deuteronomy 5:31But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
  3. 2 Samuel 13:13Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 7:17And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
  5. Psalms 30:3O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
  6. Psalms 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
  7. Psalms 69:33For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
  8. Psalms 102:19For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
  9. Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
  10. Isaiah 42:7to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
  11. Isaiah 42:22But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
  12. Isaiah 49:9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
  13. Isaiah 51:14The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
  14. Isaiah 58:12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
  15. Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  16. Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
  17. Daniel 2:29As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.
  18. Matthew 26:28This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
  19. Mark 14:24He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
  20. Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
  21. Luke 16:24So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
  22. Luke 22:20In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
  23. Acts 26:17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
  24. 1 Corinthians 11:25In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

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