...; and His dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of tho earth. As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have...thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water;" (Zech. u. 10, 11 ;) out of the pit of sin and the pit of Hades. This is the virtue of the precious...

...properly made with all believers in Christ ; and therefore it is called their covenant ; " As for thee, by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water," Zech. ix. 11. So when God entered into the covenant of grace with Abraham, he said, " I will establish...

...; and his dominion shall be from sea to " sea, and from the river, even to the ends of the " earth. As for thee also, by the blood of thy " covenant,...prisoners out of " the pit, wherein is no water." l This is a very different view of the Messiah, of his victories and triumphs, of " the weapons of...

...expressed in the words addressed by Jehovah to the Messiah, as recorded in the prophecies of Zechariah: " As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have...thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water: turn ye to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope;" Zech. ix. 11—IS. Such are the declarations of...

...with you." Exod. 133 xxiv. 8 ; " I will give thee for a covenant to the people ; by the blood of my covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water." Zech. ix. 11. "This is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for you for the remission of sins."...

...and to him the preceding verse evidently refers. " As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, J have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water." He is both the foundation on which the believer builds, and the fortress in which he hides. He stood...

...th_the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought ; and ye shall be redeemed without money, lii. 2, 3. As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have...thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. Turn you to the strong hold, yeprisonersof hope : even to-day do I declare, that I will render double...

...chosen, or as some copies have it, they are tried, "in the furnace of affliction." 2. Zech. 9: 11. "As for thee also, by the blood of thy Covenant, I...thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water." Concerning a temporal captivity, Isa. 51: 14, uses the following similar language. " The captive exile...

...O daughter of Zion ; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem : behold thy king cometh unto thee, &c ....... As for thee, also, by the blood of thy covenant, I...forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water:8 turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope !" ix, 9—12. On opening the volume of the...

...of us to make us sick of every refuge but the strong hold. Hence the kind declaration and advice, " By the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water; fly to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope." Tender my kind love to your spouse, if he is at home....