Luke 1:51

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Summary

Luke 1:51

He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Shewed

He hath scattered

The imagination

2 Corinthians 10:5

General references

Matthew 23:12

Bible References

Shewed

Your right hand, O Lord, was majestic in power, your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy.

Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.

As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.

A psalm. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he performs amazing deeds! His right hand and his mighty arm accomplish deliverance.

They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. The Lord's right hand conquers,

Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him.

Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster?

The Lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.

the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,

For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!"

He hath scattered

The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them."

Don't keep speaking so arrogantly, letting proud talk come out of your mouth! For the Lord is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.

Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

The Lord frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.

You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

But when the sovereign master finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.

I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.

"This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEQEL, and PHARSIN.

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

The imagination

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

General references

It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor."

He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth's leaders insignificant.

The Lord says to Edom, "I will certainly make you small among nations. I will make you despised by all humankind.

The Lord says, "Look! I will make you a weak nation; you will be greatly despised!

And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.