11-12-06 Zechariah 9:11

Zechariah 9:11 (KJ21)
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

Zechariah 9:11 (NAS)
As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

Zechariah 9:11 (NIVUS)
As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Zechariah 9:11 (NLT)
Because of the covenant I made with you, sealed with blood, I will free your prisoners from death in a waterless dungeon.

Have you heard the expression "written in blood"? Of course, you realize that if something is written in blood, it is very serious and binding. You know that very few people would cut themselves to write a contract in blood. They would be unwilling to suffer the momentary pain of that cut and asking them to give up their life-blood is almost impossible.

Jehovah the Lord, however, had a very different perspective on writing His contract in His blood. Yeshua, the Son of God, willingly went to the cross to shed His blood to ratify His covenant and alliance with you. He made a treaty and an agreement with His Father, so that your sins could be forgiven and you could be cleansed. The blood of His covenant will not be silenced or grow dumb. It will continue to purge and wash you. His blood has transformed and created you into a brand new creation, who lives to worship and glorify Adonai, your ruler and Lord.

You were a prisoner and a captive bound by the enemy, but the Lord has loosed you from the pit. Sheol, the place of the dead, is no longer your dwelling place. You have been set free from that dry place and have been brought into a place of abundant, refreshing Living water.