Luke 1:52
He hath deposed potentates from thrones, and uplifted the lowly;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
In Context
53The hungry, hath he filled with good things, and, the wealthy, hath he sent empty away;
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:4The bow of the mighty, is dismayed,—While, the fainting, are girded with strength;
Job 5:11Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;
Psalms 107:40He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;
Ecclesiastes 4:14For, out of prison, came he forth to reign, yea, even in his own kingdom, was he born poor.
Amos 9:11In that day, will I raise up the pavilion of David, that is lying prostrate,—and wall up the breaches of them, and, his ruins, will I raise up, and will build it, as in the days of age-past times:
Luke 18:14I tell you—This one went down justified, unto his house, rather than that one; because, every one who exalteth himself, shall be abased, but, he that abaseth himself, shall be exalted?
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:40-57
The Interview of Mary and Elisabeth; The Song of Mary. 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me,… Read the whole commentary →