Luke 1:68
“The Lord, the God of Israel, he is wonderful, for he has come to his people and set them free.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
In Context
67Zechariah, his father, filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke this prophecy:
69He has given us a great Savior from the line of his servant David,
Cross References
Genesis 9:26Then Noah continued, “May the Lord be blessed, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.
Exodus 3:16Go, and call all the elders of Israel to meet with you. Tell them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, has appeared to me—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He said, “I have paid close attention to what's been happening to you in Egypt.
1 Kings 1:48and said, ‘Praise the Lord, the God of Israel! Today he has provided a successor to sit on my throne, and I have been privileged to see it.’”
1 Chronicles 29:20Then David said to everyone there, “Praise the Lord your God!” So everyone praised the Lord, the God of their fathers. They bowed down in reverence to the Lord and to the king.
Psalms 72:17May his fame live forever, may it last as long as the sun. May all nations be blessed through him, and may they praise him.
Psalms 111:9He delivered his people. He commanded that his agreement would continue forever. How holy and awesome is his reputation!
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:68-80
The Song of Zacharias. 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his… Read the whole commentary →