Catholic Public Domain Version
"Turn back to the fortress, prisoners of hope. Today, I also announce that I will repay you double, "
— Zechariah 9:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;”
“Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee. ”
“Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.”
“Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.”
“Return to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope, I will render thee double as I declare today.”
“And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;”
“Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;”
Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your King will come to you: the Just One, the Savior. He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey.
And I will scatter the four-horse chariot out of Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be destroyed. And he will speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power will be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.
You, likewise, by the blood of your testimony, have sent forth your prisoners from the pit, in which there is no water.
Turn back to the fortress, prisoners of hope. Today, I also announce that I will repay you double,
because I have stretched out Judah for myself, like a bow; I have filled Ephraim. And I will raise up your sons, Zion, above your sons, Greece. And I will set you as the sword of the strength.
And the Lord God will be seen over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning. And the Lord God will sound the trumpet, and he will go forth into the whirlwind of the South.
The Lord of hosts will protect them. And they will devour and subdue with the stones of the sling. And, when drinking, they will become inebriated, as if with wine, and they will be filled like bowls and like the horns of the altar.