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Luke 1:68

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

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ASV

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

KJV

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
εὐλογητὸςeulogētosBlessed [be]G2128 →
κύριοςkurios[the] LordG2962 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
θεὸςtheosGodG2316 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
Ἰσραήλ,Israēlof Israel,G2474 →
ὅτιhotibecauseG3754 →
ἐπεσκέψατοepeskepsatoHe has visitedG1980 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐποίησενepoiēsenHe has performedG4160 →
λύτρωσινlutrōsinredemptionG3085 →
τῷtō[on] theG3588 →
λαῷlaōpeopleG2992 →
αὐτοῦ,autouof Him,G846 →

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Psalms 106:48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!Psalms 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?Luke 7:16A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”Genesis 21:1Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.Psalms 111:9He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.Psalms 41:13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.Exodus 4:31and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy1 Kings 1:48saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”Exodus 3:16–17Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.Psalms 130:8And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.Ruth 1:6When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.1 Samuel 2:21So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.1 Samuel 25:32Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!1 Kings 8:15and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,Zephaniah 2:7The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.1 Peter 2:12Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.Luke 24:21But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.

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