Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 9:11

11 As for thee also, by the blood , of thy covenant I have se nt forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water .

Oh Zion, and Ierusalem, thou Iewish Church, these words are Christ's words to her, not the Prophets words to Christ, though Papists would have it so, to countenance a Limbus Patrum.

By my blood, saith Christ,

in which thy Covenant is confirmed; 'tis God's Covenant as made by him, 'tis Zions Covenant as made for her, 'tis Christ's also as made in him.

I have delivered and released, Cyrus indeed by his Edict sent the Iews home, but in this he was Christ's Servant, and Christ was mindful of the Covenant, and to perform this, brought them up.

Babylon, compared to a Pit in which no water was, wherein the Iews must have perished, had not mercy from Christ visited them; here no Limbus Patrum, though some say so among the Popish Commentators.

Marginal references: Or, whose covenant is by b[illegible: 1 letter]ood.; Isa. 61.1.