Luke 1:71

He will rescue us from our enemies, and he will save us from the power of all those who hate us.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

In Context

70Long ago God caused his prophets to say that he would do that.

72He will do this because he has not forgotten what he promised our ancestors; he made an agreement that he would act mercifully to us, their descendants.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:29You people of Israel, Yahweh ◄has blessed/is pleased with► you. There is certainly [RHQ] no nation like your nation, whom Yahweh has rescued from being slaves in Egypt. He will be like [MET] a shield to protect you and like [MET] a sword to enable you to defeat your enemies. Your enemies will come to you begging for you to act mercifully toward them, but you will trample on their backs/necks.”

Psalms 106:10In that way he rescued them from the power [MTY] of their enemies who hated them [DOU].

Isaiah 14:1But Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose the people of Israel to be his people again, and he will allow them to return here and live in their own land again. Then people from many other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people.

Isaiah 54:7I abandoned you people of Jerusalem for a while, but now I am saying, ‘I will take you back.’

Jeremiah 30:9My people will again serve me, Yahweh, their God, and they will serve a king who is a descendant of King David; they will serve the king whom I will appoint for them.

Ezekiel 28:26My people will live safely in Israel; they will build houses and plant vineyards. And when I punish the nearby nations that despised them, they will know that it is I, Yahweh their God, who has done it.”

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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