Zechariah 9:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 42:10 : 10 So the LORD restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the LORD doubled all that had belonged to Job.
  • Lam 3:21-22 : 21 But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope: 22 ח(Khet) The LORD’s loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end.
  • Mic 4:8 : 8 As for you, watchtower for the flock, fortress of Daughter Zion– your former dominion will be restored, the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.
  • Jer 51:10 : 10 The exiles from Judah will say,‘The LORD has brought about a great deliverance for us! Come on, let’s go and proclaim in Zion what the LORD our God has done!’
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
  • Isa 40:2 : 2 “Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the LORD has made her pay double for all her sins.”
  • Isa 61:7 : 7 Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. Yes, they will possess a double portion in their land and experience lasting joy.
  • Jer 31:17 : 17 Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the LORD, affirm it!
  • Jer 50:4-5 : 4 “When that time comes,” says the LORD,“the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the LORD their God. 5 They will ask the way to Zion; they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the LORD in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
  • Jer 50:28 : 28 Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon. They are coming to Zion to declare there how the LORD our God is getting revenge, getting revenge for what they have done to his temple.
  • Jer 31:6 : 6 Yes, a time is coming when watchmen will call out on the mountains of Ephraim,“Come! Let us go to Zion to worship the LORD our God!”’”
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 You will say to the prisoners,‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.
  • Isa 52:2 : 2 Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion!
  • Isa 38:18 : 18 Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
  • Nah 1:7 : 7 The LORD is good– indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me,“Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying,‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
  • Hos 2:15 : 15 From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the“Valley of Trouble” into an“Opportunity for Hope.” There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt.
  • Joel 3:16 : 16 The LORD roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.

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