12. stronghold —in contrast to the "pit" ( Zechariah 9:11 ); literally, "a place cut off from access." MAURER thinks, " a height " ( Zechariah 9:11- : ). An image for the security which the returning Jews shall have in Messiah ( Zechariah 9:8 ) encamped about His people ( Psalms 46:1 ; Psalms 46:5 ; compare Isaiah 49:9 ; Proverbs 18:10 ). prisoners of hope —that is, who in spite of afflictions ( Job 13:15 ; Psalms 42:5 ; Psalms 42:11 ) maintain hope in the covenant-keeping God; in contrast to unbelievers, who say, "There is no hope" ( Jeremiah 2:25 ; Jeremiah 18:12 ). Especially those Jews who believe God's word to Israel ( Jeremiah 18:12- : ), "there is hope in the end, that thy children shall come again to their own border," and do not say, as in Jeremiah 18:12- : , "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 ( Jeremiah 18:12- : ). I will render double —Great as has been thy adversity, thy prosperity shall be doubly greater ( Isaiah 61:7 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-13" class="com-number"
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