Luke 1:79

To appear to the ones in CHOSHECH (darkness) and YOSHVEI BERETZ TZALMAVET (sitting in the land of the shadow of death), to direct our feet into the Derech Shalom. + 1:79 Ps 107:14; Isa 9:1-2; 59:9

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

In Context

78Through the rav rachamim of Eloheinu (through the great mercy of our G-d), by which has visited us the rising SHEMESH (Sun) + 1:78 Moshiach from Shomayim, + 1:78 Mal 3:20

80And the yeled was growing and was being given chizzuk (strengthening) in the Ruach Hakodesh, and Yochanan was in the desolate places until the day of his hisgalus (revelation, manifestation) to Yisroel.

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Cross References

Job 10:22An eretz of darkness, like darkness itself; 1 and of tzalmavet, no sedarim (order), 1 where the light is like darkness.

Psalms 25:8[Tet] Tov and yashar is Hashem; 1 therefore will He teach chatta'im in the Derech. 1

Psalms 44:19Libenu (our heart) is not turned back, 1 neither have our steps departed from Thy way; 1

Psalms 107:10Such as sit in choshech and in tzalmavet, 1 being bound in oni and barzel (iron); 1

Proverbs 3:17Her drakhim are drakhim of pleasantness, 1 and all her netivot (trodden paths) are shalom. 1

Isaiah 9:2Thou shalt multiply the Goy (Nation), 1 and increase its simchah; 1 they joy before Thee according to the simchat baKatzir, 1 and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 1

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 →

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