He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
Parallel translations
- WEB He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
- KJV He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
- NKJV He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy,
- NASB “He has given help to His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy,
- NLT He has helped his servant Israel and remembered to be merciful.
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God has helped Israel, remembering his mercy. He keeps his covenant faithfulness to his people.
Overview
Mary praises God for coming to the aid of Israel his servant in mercy. The events surrounding Jesus' birth fulfill God's long-standing covenant promises. God's saving help to Israel opens the way for blessing to all nations through Christ.
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Cross-references · 13
- Ps 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Mic 7:20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
- Isa 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
- Isa 49:14–16But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
- Isa 46:3–4“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
- Jer 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
- Jer 33:24–26“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
- Luke 1:70–75as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
- Isa 63:7–16I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
- Zeph 3:14–20Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
- Jer 31:3The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
- Zech 9:9–11Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Isa 54:6–10For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
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