Luke 1:68

Praise and worship Salvation Israel and the nations

⁶⁶ And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

⁶⁷ Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

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

⁶⁹ He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

⁷⁰ as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
KJV: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
WEB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
ASV: Blessed [be] the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,
DARBY: Blessed be [the] Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,
BLB: “Blessed [be] the Lord, the God of Israel, because He visited and performed redemption for His people,

ÅB: Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud, han som så til sitt folk og forløste det!
OTB: “Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud,
for han har kommet til sitt folk og forløst dem.
B1930: Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud, han som så til sitt folk og forløste det!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 106:48
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!
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Luke 7:16
A 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!”
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Psalms 111:9
He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
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Psalms 41:13
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
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Exodus 4:31
and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
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1 Kings 1:48
saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”
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Exodus 3:16–17
Go, 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.
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Luke 2:38
Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
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