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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zechariah 9:12 - 9:12
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stronghold - in contrast to the “pit” (Zec 9:11); literally, “a place cut off from access.” Maurer thinks, “a height” (Psa 18:33). An image for the security which the returning Jews shall have in Messiah (Zec 9:8) encamped about His people (Psa 46:1, Psa 46:5; compare Isa 49:9; Pro 18:10).
prisoners of hope - that is, who in spite of afflictions (Job 13:15; Psa 42:5, Psa 42:11) maintain hope in the covenant-keeping God; in contrast to unbelievers, who say, “There is no hope” (Jer 2:25; Jer 18:12). Especially those Jews who believe God’s word to Israel (Jer 31:17), “there is hope in the end, that thy children shall come again to their own border,” and do not say, as in Eze 37:11, “Our hope is lost.” Primarily, the Jews of Zechariah’s time are encouraged not to be dispirited in building by their trials; secondarily, the Jews before the coming restoration are encouraged to look to Messiah for deliverance from their last oppressors.
even to-day - when your circumstances seem so unpromising; in contrast with the “day of the Lord,” when Zion’s King shall come to her deliverance (Zec 9:9).
I will render double - Great as has been thy adversity, thy prosperity shall be doubly greater (Isa 61:7).