“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
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“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
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This wyse hath God dealte with me in the dayes when he loked on me to take from me the rebuke that I suffred amonge men.
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Thus hath the Lord dealt with me, in the daies wherein he looked on me, to take from me my rebuke among men.
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to Luke 1:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 30:22-23 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
- Isaiah 4:1 Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”
- Isaiah 54:1-4 “Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth; break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says Yahweh. “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out on the right hand and on the left; and your offspring will possess the nations and settle in desolate cities. “Don’t be afraid, for you will not be ashamed. Don’t be confounded, for you will not be disappointed. For you will forget the shame of your youth. You will remember the reproach of your widowhood no more.
- Genesis 21:1-2 Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
- Genesis 25:21 Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
- 1 Samuel 1:6 Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
- Hebrews 11:11 By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
- 1 Samuel 1:19-20 They rose up in the morning early and worshiped Yahweh, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her. When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”
- 1 Samuel 2:21-22 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh. Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in…
25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
Ver. 25. Thus hath the Lord] She saw that all her prayers that she had haply forgotten, were not lost, but laid up with God, who now sends in the blessing that she had despaired of. The Lord often doth things for his people that they look not for, Isa 65:1, and stays so long that when he comes he finds not faith, Luk 18:8.
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To take away my reproach among men] Barrenness was counted a dishonour, Gen 30:23; "Their virgins were not praised," Psa 78:63, that is, married, and commended for their fruitfulness. {See Trapp on "Luk 1:7"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thus hath the Lord dealt with me,.... In a…
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me,.... In a very gracious and bountiful manner; in giving her strength to conceive a son in her old age, and such an one that was to be great, and so useful in his day; of which her husband had doubtless informed her by writing, though he could not speak:
in the days wherein he looked on me; with a favourable eye, with a look of love and mercy:
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he took away my reproach from among men; as barrenness was accounted, especially among the Israelites, the seed of Abraham; to whom was promised a numerous issue, as the stars in the sky, and as the sand on the sea shore, and particularly the Messiah; see Gen 30:23.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He looked upon me to take away my reproach…
He looked upon me to take away my reproach - Barrenness was a great reproach among the Jews. Because fruitfulness was promised to the righteous.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 25. To take away my reproach] As fruitfulness…
Verse 25. To take away my reproach] As fruitfulness was a part of the promise of God to his people, Ge 17:6, and children, on this account, being considered as a particular blessing from heaven, Ex 23:20; Le 26:9: Ps 127:3; so barrenness was considered among the Jews as a reproach, and a token of the disapprobation of the Lord. 1Sa 1:6. But see Lu 1:36.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Thus - In this merciful manner.
Thus - In this merciful manner.
To take away my reproach - Among the Jews, a family of children was counted a signal blessing, an evidence of the favor of God, Psa 113:9; Psa 128:3; Isa 4:1; Isa 44:3-4; Lev 26:9. To be “barren,” therefore, or to be destitute of children, was considered a “reproach” or a “disgrace,” 1Sa 1:6.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. The Lord dealt with me—Her retirement accords with…
25. The Lord dealt with me—Her retirement accords with the special dealing of God with her. She is to become the mother of one set apart from the world, and so she sets herself apart while so becoming.
My reproach— The promise of a Messiah rendered marriage and maternity honourable among the Jews. Hence from the earliest times, as in the cases of Rachel and of Hannah, barrenness was a misfortune and a reproach.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. to take away my reproach] So Rachel, when…
25. to take away my reproach] So Rachel, when she bare a son, said, “God hath taken away my reproach,” Gen_30:23. See Isa_4:1; Hos_9:11; 1Sa_1:6-10. Yet the days were coming when to be childless would be regarded by Jewish mothers as a blessing. See Luk_23:29.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) To take away my reproach among men.—The words…
(25) To take away my reproach among men.—The words express in almost their strongest form the Jewish feeling as to maternity. To have no children was more than a misfortune. It seemed to imply some secret sin which God was punishing with barrenness. So we have Rachel’s cry, “Give me children, or else I die” (Gen_30:1); and Hannah’s “bitterness of soul” when “her adversary provoked her to make her fret” (1Sa_1:6-10).
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 25. Take away my reproach. To be childless was…
25. Take away my reproach. To be childless was regarded a great calamity in Israel. Compare Gen. 16:1–3 and 30:1.
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