Luke 1:71
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
King James Version
In Context
70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Psalms 106:10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Isaiah 14:1For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 54:7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
Jeremiah 30:9But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
Ezekiel 28:26And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
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 →