Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Return to a stronghold,
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you.

New American Standard Bible

Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.

King James Version

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

International Standard Version

Return to your fortress, you prisoners who have hope. Even today I am telling you: In return I will repay you double.

A Conservative Version

Turn you back to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will render double to thee.

American Standard Version

Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.

Amplified


Return to the stronghold [of security and prosperity], O prisoners who have the hope;
Even today I am declaring that I will restore double [your former prosperity] to you [as firstborn among nations].

Bible in Basic English

And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;

Darby Translation

Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee.

Julia Smith Translation

Turn back to the fortress, ye captives of hope: also announcing this day I will turn back double to thee;

King James 2000

Turn you to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will restore double unto you;

Lexham Expanded Bible

Return to [the] fortress, O prisoners of hope; today [I am] declaring [that] I will repay you double.

Modern King James verseion

Turn to the stronghold, prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will return to you double.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Turn you now to the stronghold, ye that be in prison, and long sore to be delivered: And this day I bring the word, that I will reward thee double again.

NET Bible

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.

New Heart English Bible

Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.

The Emphasized Bible

Return to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope, - Even to-day, do I declare - Double, will I return to thee!

Webster

Turn ye to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double to thee;

World English Bible

Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.

Youngs Literal Translation

Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

you to the strong hold
בּצּרון 
Bitstsarown 
Usage: 1

אסיר 
'aciyr 
Usage: 14

of hope
תּקוה 
Tiqvah 
Usage: 34

even to day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

do I declare
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

that I will render
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

משׁנה 
Mishneh 
Usage: 35

References

Context Readings

The Coming Of Zion's King

11 As for you,
because of the blood of your covenant,
I will release your prisoners
from the waterless cistern.
12 Return to a stronghold,
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you.
13 For I will bend Judah as My bow;
I will fill that bow with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece.
I will make you like a warrior’s sword.



Cross References

Isaiah 61:7

Because your shame was double,
and they cried out, “Disgrace is their portion,”
therefore, they will possess double in their land,
and eternal joy will be theirs.

Jeremiah 31:17

There is hope for your future
this is the Lord’s declaration—
and your children will return to their own territory.

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

Job 42:10

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions.

Isaiah 38:18

For Sheol cannot thank You;
Death cannot praise You.
Those who go down to the Pit
cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Isaiah 40:2

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and announce to her
that her time of forced labor is over,
her iniquity has been pardoned,
and she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.”

Isaiah 49:9

saying to the prisoners: Come out,
and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves.
They will feed along the pathways,
and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.

Isaiah 52:2

Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds from your neck,
captive Daughter Zion.”

Jeremiah 31:6

For there will be a day when watchmen will call out
in the hill country of Ephraim,
“Get up, let’s go up to Zion,
to Yahweh our God!”

Jeremiah 50:4-5

In those days and at that time—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 50:28

“There is a voice of fugitives and those who escape
from the land of Babylon
announcing in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
the vengeance for His temple.

Jeremiah 51:10

The Lord has brought about our vindication;
come, let’s tell in Zion
what the Lord our God has accomplished.

Lamentations 3:21-22

Yet I call this to mind,
and therefore I have hope:

Ezekiel 37:11

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Hosea 2:15

There I will give her vineyards back to her
and make the Valley of Achor
into a gateway of hope.
There she will respond as she did
in the days of her youth,
as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.

Joel 3:16

The Lord will roar from Zion
and raise His voice from Jerusalem;
heaven and earth will shake.
But the Lord will be a refuge for His people,
a stronghold for the Israelites.

Micah 4:8

And you, watchtower for the flock,
fortified hill of Daughter Zion,
the former rule will come to you,
sovereignty will come to Daughter Jerusalem.

Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good,
a stronghold in a day of distress;
He cares for those who take refuge in Him.

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