I will set your prisoners free from where their enemies are keeping them. I will do it because of the blood that put into effect my covenant with you.

锡安哪，我因与你立约的血，将你中间被掳而囚的人从无水的坑中释放出来。

锡安哪，我因与你立约的血，要从无水坑里释放你中间被囚的人。

锡安哪，我因与你立约的血，要从无水坑里释放你中间被囚的人。

锡安啊，因为我用血跟你立了约，我必将你中间被掳的人从无水之坑释放出来。

锡安哪！至于你，因着我与你立约的血，我把你中间被囚禁的人从无水的坑里释放出来。

錫安哪，我因與你立約的血，將你中間被擄而囚的人從無水的坑中釋放出來。

錫安哪，我因與你立約的血，要從無水坑裏釋放你中間被囚的人。

錫安哪，我因與你立約的血，要從無水坑裏釋放你中間被囚的人。

錫安啊，因為我用血跟你立了約，我必將你中間被擄的人從無水之坑釋放出來。

錫安哪！至於你，因著我與你立約的血，我把你中間被囚禁的人從無水的坑裡釋放出來。

錫安哪、你，你也如此，為了和你立的約之血、我必將你中間被擄被囚的人從無水坑中釋放出來。

至於你，錫安哪，因著我與你立約的血，我必把你的被囚者從無水的坑裡釋放出來！

若爾、因爾盟約之血、我將釋爾俘囚、出於眢井、

惟爾郇邑、我既立約釁之以血、爾見俘囚、困於眢井、我必釋而出之、

惟爾也、因我與爾所立之約之血、我釋爾被囚者、出於無水之阱、或作爾之俘囚我亦必因爾立約之血自無水之坑中釋而出之

As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.

As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

Because of the covenant I made with you, sealed with blood, I will free your prisoners from death in a waterless dungeon.

As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless cistern.

As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

“ As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.

As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless cistern.

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein[ is] no water.

Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.

You prisoners who are so afraid will soon be set free. You will not die in your prison cells. You will not go without food.

You will open eyes that can’t see. You will set prisoners free. Those who sit in darkness will come out of their cells.

Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people. He said,“ This is the blood that puts the covenant into effect. The Lord has made this covenant with you in keeping with all these words.”

Here is what should be written.“ The Lord looked down from his temple in heaven. From heaven he viewed the earth.He heard the groans of the prisoners. He set free those who were sentenced to death.”So people will talk about him in Zion. They will praise him in Jerusalem.

I want you to say to the prisoners,‘ Come out.’ Tell those who are in their dark cells,‘ You are free!’“ On their way home they will eat beside the roads. They will find plenty to eat on every bare hill.

Others lived in the deepest darkness. They suffered as prisoners in iron chains.That’s because they hadn’t obeyed the commands of God. They had refused to follow the plans of the Most High God.So he made them do work that was hard and bitter. They tripped and fell, and there was no one to help them.Then they cried out to the Lord because of their problems. And he saved them from their troubles.He brought them out of the deepest darkness. He broke their chains off.Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love. Let them give thanks for the wonderful things he does for people.He breaks down gates that are made of bronze. He cuts through bars that are made of iron.

In the same way, after the supper he took the cup. He said,“ This cup is the new covenant in my blood. It is poured out for you.

This is my blood of the covenant. It is poured out to forgive the sins of many people.

People who deserve even more punishment include those who have hated the Son of God. They include people who have said no to him. They include people who have treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that makes them holy. They also include people who have disrespected the Holy Spirit who brings God’s grace. Don’t you think people like this should be punished more than anyone else?

In the same way, after supper he took the cup. He said,“ This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Every time you drink it, do it in memory of me.”

The Spirit of the Lord and King is on me. The Lord has anointed me to announce good news to poor people. He has sent me to comfort those whose hearts have been broken. He has sent me to announce freedom for those who have been captured. He wants me to set prisoners free from their dark cells.

I will save you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to themto open their eyes. I want you to turn them from darkness to light. I want you to turn them from Satan’s power to God. I want their sins to be forgiven. They will be forgiven when they believe in me. They will have their place among God’s people.’

The Lord hears those who are in need. He doesn’t forget his people in prison.

So they took Jeremiah and put him into an empty well. It belonged to Malkijah. He was a member of the royal court. His well was in the courtyard of the guard. Zedekiah’s men lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the well. It didn’t have any water in it. All it had was mud. And Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

I was sliding down into the pit of death, and he pulled me out. He brought me up out of the mud and dirt. He set my feet on a rock. He gave me a firm place to stand on.

But you stay here with me. Then I will give you all my commands, rules and laws. You must teach the people to obey them in the land I am giving them as their very own.”

Your people will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago. And you will build again on the old foundations. You will be called One Who Repairs Broken Walls. You will be called One Who Makes City Streets Like New Again.

Lord, you brought me up from the place of the dead. You kept me from going down into the pit.

“ This is my blood of the covenant,” he said to them.“ It is poured out for many.

He has saved us from the kingdom of darkness. He has brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.Because of what the Son has done, we have been set free. Because of him, all our sins have been forgiven.

Then he threw him into the Abyss. He locked it and sealed him in. This was to keep Satan from causing the nations to believe his lies anymore. Satan will be locked away until the 1,000 years are ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

They deal only with food and drink and different kinds of special washings. They are rules people had to obey only until the new covenant came.But Christ came to be the high priest of the good things already here now. When he came, he went through the greater and more perfect holy tent. This tent was not made with human hands. In other words, it is not a part of this creation.He did not enter by spilling the blood of goats and calves. He entered the Most Holy Room by spilling his own blood. He did it once and for all time. In this way, he paid the price to set us free from sin forever.The blood of goats and bulls is sprinkled on people. So are the ashes of a young cow. They are sprinkled on people the law called“ unclean.” The people are sprinkled to make them holy. That makes them“ clean” on the outside.But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! It washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.That’s why Christ is the go- between of a new covenant. Now those God calls to himself will receive the eternal gift he promised. They will receive it now that Christ has died to save them. He died to set them free from the sins they committed under the first covenant.What happens when someone leaves a will? It is necessary to prove that the person who made the will has died.A will is in effect only when somebody has died. It never takes effect while the one who made it is still living.That’s why even the first covenant was not put into effect without the spilling of blood.Moses first announced every command of the law to all the people. Then he took the blood of calves. He also took water, bright red wool and branches of a hyssop plant. He sprinkled the Book of the Covenant. He also sprinkled all the people.He said,“ This is the blood of the covenant God has commanded you to keep.”( Exodus 24:8)In the same way, he sprinkled the holy tent with blood. He also sprinkled everything that was used in worship there.In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be made“ clean” with blood. Without the spilling of blood, no one can be forgiven.So the copies of the heavenly things had to be made pure with these sacrifices. But the heavenly things themselves had to be made pure with better sacrifices.Christ did not enter a sacred tent made with human hands. That tent was only a copy of the true one. He entered heaven itself. He did it to stand in front of God for us. He is there right now.The high priest enters the Most Holy Room every year. He enters with blood that is not his own. But Christ did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again.If he had, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But he has appeared once and for all time. He has come at the time when God’s work is being completed. He has come to do away with sin by offering himself.

“ The Spirit of the Lord is on me. He has anointed me to announce the good news to poor people. He has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners. He has sent me so that the blind will see again. He wants me to set free those who are treated badly.

What about me? How could I ever get rid of my shame? And what about you? You would be as foolish as any evil person in Israel. Please speak to the king. He won’t keep me from marrying you.”

Our Lord Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep. The God who gives peace brought him back from the dead. He did it because of the blood of the eternal covenant. Now may God

Enemies have carried off everything they own. All my people are trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They themselves have become like stolen goods. No one can save them. They have been carried off. And there is no one who will say,“ Send them back.”

“ But you must walk faithfully with me, just as your father David did. Do everything I command you to do. Obey my rules and laws.

“ Your Majesty, while you were still in bed your mind was troubled. You were thinking about things that haven’t happened yet. The God who explains mysteries showed these things to you.

So the rich man called out,‘ Father Abraham! Have pity on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water. Then he can cool my tongue with it. I am in terrible pain in this fire.’