Luke 1:68
Blessed, be the Lord, the God of Israel! Because he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
In Context
67And, Zachariah his father, was filled with Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:—
69And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, In the house of David his servant:
Cross References
Genesis 9:26And he said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Shem,—And let Canaan be their servant:
Exodus 3:16Go—and thou shalt gather together the elders of Israel and shalt say unto them-Yahweh God of your fathers, hath appeared unto me, the God of Abraham Isaac, and Jacob saying,—I am, concerned, for you, and for what is done to you in Egypt;
1 Kings 1:48Moreover also, thus and thus, hath said the king,—Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who hath given, to-day, one to sit upon my throne, mine own eyes also beholding it.
1 Chronicles 29:20Then said David, unto all the convocation, Bless, I beseech you, Yahweh your God. So all the convocation blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and did bend their heads and bow themselves down unto Yahweh, and unto the king;
Psalms 72:17May his Name be age-abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish,—And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!
Psalms 111:9Ransom, hath he sent to his people, He hath commanded, to times age-abiding, his covenant, Holy and reverend, is his Name.
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 →