Luke 6:25
Oy to you, the ones having been well fed now, for you will hunger. Oy, the ones laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. + 6:25 Isa 65:13; Prov 14:13
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24But oy to you, you ashirim, for you have already received in full your nechamah (comfort).
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for lechem; 1 and they that were hungry are such no more; 1 so that the barren hath born shivah; 1 and she that hath rabbat banim withers in grief. 1
Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a tzon, 1 and their yeladim jump about. 1
Psalms 49:19Though his nefesh during his life yevarech (he blessed) — 1 for they praise thee when thou doest well for thyself — 1
Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny Thee, 1 and say, Who is Hashem? 1 Or lest I be poor, and become a ganav, 1 and profane the Shem of Elohai. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:3Ka'as (sorrow) is better than laughter; 1 for sadness of the countenance is good for the lev. 1
Isaiah 8:21And they + 8:21 i.e., the unbelievers, contrasted with those in v.13 shall roam about therein, hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their melech and Elohav, and look upward.
Matthew Henry on Luke 6:21-27
Blessings and Woes. 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the… Read the whole commentary →