John Trapp on Zechariah 9:12

Verſe 12. Turn ye to the ſtrong hold] i. e. to Chriſt the rock of ages Iſa. 26.4. the hope of Iſrael Ier. 17.13. the expectation of all the ends of the earth. Luke 2.25, 38. Or, to the Promiſe, that ſtrong tower, whereunto the righteous run and are ſafe: that are Chriſti munitiſſima, as Cyrill here ſaith, ſtrong hold of Chriſt. Thou art my ſhield, ſaith David, I truth in thy word Pſal. 119.114. And againe, Remember thy word to thy ſervant wherein thou haſt cauſed me to truſt, Verſe 49. When yong Ioaſh was ſought for to the ſhambles by his murderous grandmother Athaliah, he was hid in the houſe of the Lord for ſix yeers. But whence was this ſafety? Even from the faithfull promiſe of God 2 Chron. 23.3. Behold the kings ſon muſt raigne, as the Lord had ſaid of the ſons of David, that he ſhould never want a man to raigne after him. Hence Pſal. 91.4. his faithfulneſſe and his truth ſhall be thy ſhield and buckler. Under this ſhield, and within this ſtronghold of the promiſes God had made them in the foregoing verſes, theſe priſoners of hope, theſe heires of the promiſes, were to ſhroud and ſecure themſelves amidſt thoſe dangers and diſtreſſes as incompaſſed them on every fide. And that they might know that the needy ſhould not alwayes be forgotten, Pſal. 9.18. the expectation of the poor ſhould not periſh for ever, here's as precious promiſe of preſent comfort.

even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee] Though you be now at never ſo great an under, yet I do make an open promiſe unto you, verbis non ſolum diſertis ſed & exertis, I do aſſure you in the word of truth, that I will render unto thee thou poor ſoule that lieſt panting under the preſent preſſure, double, that is, life and liberty, ſaith Theodoret: Grace and Glory, ſaith Lyra: Or double to what thou hopeſt, I will be better to thee then thy hopes, ſaith Hierom: Or double, that is, multiplied mercy; but eſpecially Chriſt, who is caled the Gift of God by an excellency Ioh. 4.10. the Benefit 1. Tim. 6.2. that which ſhall abundantly countervaile all croſſes and miſeries Mar. 10.30. Iob had all double to him. Valentinian had the Empire; Q Eliſabeth the Crown. God will be to his Hannah's, better then ten children.