Luke 1:48

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Summary

For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

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Regarded

She {made a vow} and said: "O Yahweh of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the misery of your female servant, and will remember me, and not forget your female servant, and will give to your female servant {a male child} then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and a razor will never pass over his head."

He raises up the poor from [the] dust. From [the] ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them.

So then, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "I took you from the pasture {from following} the sheep to be a leader over my people, over Israel,

He will turn his attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

[He] raises [the] helpless from [the] dust; he lifts [the] needy from [the] ash heap,

Who remembered us in our low estate, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

Though Yahweh [is] high, yet he sees [the] lowly, but [the] proud he perceives at a distance.

And my hand has made all these [things], and all these {came to be}," {declares} Yahweh, "but I look to this [one]: to [the] humble and [the] contrite of spirit and [the one] frightened at my word.

For consider your calling, brothers, that not many [were] wise according to human standards, not many [were] powerful, not many [were] well born.

Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

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And he came to her [and] said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord [is] with you."

Now it happened that as he said these [things], a certain woman from the crowd raised [her] voice [and] said to him, "Blessed [is] the womb that bore you, and [the] breasts [at] which you nursed!"

Then Leah said, "How happy [am] I! For women have called me happy." So she called his name Asher.

"And all the nations will call you blessed, because you will be {a land in which one takes joy}," says Yahweh of hosts.