John Trapp on Zechariah 9:11

Verſe 11. As for thee alſo] O daughter of Sion, O my Church: not, O Chriſt the king of the church, as the Grreek and Latine fathers, and after them the Popiſh comm[illegible: 2 letters]tarours will needs have it; the better to eſtabliſh their Chimera of Limbus Patrum Chriſt here, by an Apoſ[illegible: 2 letters]p[illegible: 1 letter]ſis (an ordinary figure) or keeping back ſomething unſpoken through earneſtneſſe of affection, beſpeaks his people in this ſort: E[illegible: 1 letter]iam tis, As for thee alſo, I will ſurely impart unto thee the benefits of that my kingdome, as I have already begun to do in delivering you out of that [illegible: 1 word] that [illegible: 1 letter]irty dungeon of the Babyloniſh thraldome.

by the blood of thy covenant] by the blood of Chriſt figured, by the blood that was ſprinkled upon the people Exod. 24.8. Pſal. 74.20. Heb. 13.20. and by vertue of the Covenant confirmed thereby.

I have ſent forth thy priſoners] I have enlarged thy captives.

out of the pit wherein is no water] but mud only,Gen. 37.24. Ier. 38.6. as in Ioſephs pit, and Ieremies dungeon. The Saints have temporall deliverances alſo by vertue of the covenant: and if any of Chriſts ſubjects fall into deſperate diſtreſſes and deadly dangers, yet they are priſoners of hope: and may look for deliverance by the blood of the covenant.