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11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
    I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.(A)
12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
    today I declare that I will restore to you double.(B)
13 For I have bent Judah as my bow;
    I have made Ephraim its arrow.[a]
I will arouse your sons, O Zion,
    against your sons, O Greece,
    and wield you like a warrior’s sword.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain

11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant(A) with you,
    I will free your prisoners(B) from the waterless pit.(C)
12 Return to your fortress,(D) you prisoners of hope;
    even now I announce that I will restore twice(E) as much to you.
13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow(F)
    and fill it with Ephraim.(G)
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
    against your sons, Greece,(H)
    and make you like a warrior’s sword.(I)

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