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Deuteronomy 5:31
But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may dothem in the land which I give them to possess it.

2 Samuel 13:13
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

2 Chronicles 7:17
And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;

by the blood of thy covenant.

Exodus 24:8
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkledit on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

Matthew 26:28
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Mark 14:24
And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

I have.

Psalm 69:33
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Psalm 102:19-21
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; …

Psalm 107:10-16
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,being bound in affliction and iron; …

out.

Psalm 30:3
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Psalm 40:2
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock,and established my goings.

Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, thatwas in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeonthere was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

because of the blood of My covenant
This refers to the covenant God made with Israel, often associated with the Mosaic Covenant, which was ratified by the blood of sacrifices (Exodus 24:8). The blood signifies the seriousness and binding nature of the covenant. In a broader theological context, it foreshadows the New Covenant established through the blood of Jesus Christ (Matthew 26:28), highlighting the theme of redemption and deliverance through sacrificial blood.

I will release your prisoners
This promise of release can be understood both literally and spiritually. Historically, it refers to the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylonian captivity. Spiritually, it symbolizes liberation from sin and bondage, a theme that resonates throughout the Bible, culminating in the freedom offered through Christ (Luke 4:18).

from the waterless pit
The "waterless pit" is a metaphor for a place of desolation and despair, often used to describe Sheol or a place of imprisonment (Genesis 37:24,Jeremiah 38:6). In ancient times, cisterns or pits were used as prisons. This imagery underscores the hopelessness of the captives' situation and the miraculous nature of their deliverance. It also prefigures the deliverance from spiritual death and separation from God, achieved through Christ's resurrection.

- The phrase turns attention to God’s covenant people, just identified as “Daughter Zion” inZechariah 9:9.

- It’s personal and direct, contrasting them with the toppled pagan powers in 9:1-8.

- Cross references:Isaiah 62:11 shows the Lord speaking tenderly to Zion;Malachi 3:17 calls the covenant community “My treasured possession.”

- The grounding for every promise is covenant blood.Exodus 24:8 records Moses sprinkling blood and declaring, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you.”

- God’s faithfulness to that blood-sealed pledge guarantees deliverance (Psalm 105:8-10).

- The phrase looks ahead to the ultimate covenant blood of the Messiah (Matthew 26:28;Hebrews 9:12-15), yet Zechariah roots it in the historic Sinai covenant already binding God to His people.

- God Himself acts; the verb is emphatic. Release includes both physical return from exile (Jeremiah 29:14) and spiritual liberation from sin’s bondage (Isaiah 42:6-7;Luke 4:18 where Jesus applies Isaiah to Himself).

- “Your” underscores communal ownership—these captives belong to Zion, and the Lord will not leave them in chains.

-Psalm 102:19-20 pictures the Lord looking down “to release those condemned to death,” echoing the same heartbeat.

- Ancient cisterns, when dry, became makeshift prisons (Jeremiah 38:6). The imagery signals hopeless confinement—no water, no escape.

- Spiritually, it evokes the arid emptiness of life apart from God, opposite of the “fountain” promised inZechariah 13:1 andJohn 4:14.

- God rescues not merely from captivity but from barrenness, planting His people by living water (Psalm 40:2;Jeremiah 2:13 contrasts broken cisterns with the fountain of living water).

Zechariah 9:11 anchors future freedom in past covenant blood. Because the Lord once swore by blood to be Israel’s God, He pledges to unlock every cell—even the driest, deepest pit. Historically this meant homecoming from exile; prophetically it points to Messiah’s blood securing eternal release. The verse assures God’s people that their Deliverer neither forgets His promise nor leaves them in lifeless captivity.