As for thee also] The same Messiah, by vertue of the same bloud, wherewith he hath reconciled mankind to God, and obtained everlasting salvation for them; hath also been the Authour of the deliverance from Babylon, and of all the other ensuing benefits. by the bloud of thy covenant] Or, whose covenant is by bloud. Namely, the bloud of Christ, figured by the bloud which was sprinkled upon the people, Exodus 24:8. Psalms 74:20. Hebrews 9:19. and Hebrews 13:20. prisoners out of the pit] Isaiah 61:1. Jeremiah 38:6.