Zechariah 9:11 - Easy To Read Version11 Jerusalem, we used blood\par to seal your Agreement.\par So I am setting your people free\par from that empty hole in the ground. {\cf2\super [24]} \par Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 176911 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition11 As for you also, because of and for the sake of the [covenant of the Lord with His people, which was sealed with sprinkled] covenant blood, I have released and sent forth your imprisoned people out of the waterless pit. [Gen. 37:24; Exod. 24:4-8; Heb. 9:16.] Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)11 As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible11 Moreover, by the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version11 You, likewise, by the blood of your testimony, have sent forth your prisoners from the pit, in which there is no water. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version11 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water. Féach an chaibidil |
But look at the people.\par Other people have defeated them\par and have stolen things from them.\par All the young men are afraid.\par They are locked in the prisons.\par People have taken their money from them.\par And there is no person to save them.\par Other people took their money.\par And there was no person to say,\par “Give it back!”\par
So those officials took Jeremiah and put him into Malkijah’s cistern. {\cf2\super [324]} (Malkijah was the king’s son.) That cistern was in the temple yard where the king’s guard stayed. Those officials used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. The cistern didn’t have any water in it, but only mud. And Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
“The Spirit of the Lord (God) has come to me.\par God chose me to tell good news to people\par that are poor.\par God sent me to tell people who are\par prisoners that they are free,\par and to tell the blind people\par that they can see again.\par God sent me to free the weak people\par from their suffering\par
So what do you think should be done to a person who shows his hate for the Son of God? Surely that person should have a much worse punishment. Yes, that person should have a worse punishment for not showing respect for the blood (Jesus’ death) that began the new agreement. {\cf2\super [137]} That blood once made that person holy. And that person should have a worse punishment for showing his hate against the Spirit {\cf2\super [138]} of God’s grace (kindness).