Question: Zechariah 9:11 says: “As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.” What is referred to by the word “pit”?
Answer: To obtain the full import of this verse, we must consider verses 9 to 11. Jesus, Zion’s king, literally rode into Jerusalem on an ass, in fulfilment of verse 9. He was put to death as a sacrifice, but was raised from the dead and endowed with all power, and a new covenant was instituted. (1 Corinthians 11:25).
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Author: J. G. M. Thorne
Keywords: Pit, Sheol, Hades, Hell, Grave, Death, Cistern, Well, Water cistern
Bible reference(s): Genesis 37:24, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:29, Exodus 21:34, Numbers 16:30, Numbers 16:33, 2 Kings 10:14, Job 17:16, Job 33:18, Job 33:24, Job 33:28, Job 33:30, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 28:1, Psalms 30:3, Psalms 30:9, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 69:15, Psalms 88:4, Psalms 94:13, Psalms 143:7, Proverbs 1:12, Proverbs 28:17, Isaiah 14:15, Isaiah 14:19, Isaiah 24:17, Isaiah 24:18, Isaiah 24:22, Isaiah 30:14, Isaiah 38:17, Isaiah 38:18, Isaiah 51:1, Isaiah 51:14, Jeremiah 41:7, Jeremiah 41:9, Jeremiah 48:43, Jeremiah 48:44, Ezekiel 26:20, Ezekiel 28:8, Ezekiel 31:14, Ezekiel 31:16, Ezekiel 32:18, Ezekiel 32:23, Ezekiel 32:24, Ezekiel 32:25, Ezekiel 32:29, Ezekiel 32:30, Zechariah 9:11, Revelation 9:2, Wisdom of Solomon 10:13, Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 21:10
Source: “Readers’ Problems,” The Testimony, Vol. 6, No. 71, November 1936, p. 433.
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