Luke 1:67-80

New International Version

Zechariah’s Song

⁶⁷His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit^(A) and prophesied:^(B)

⁶⁸“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(C)
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.^(D)
⁶⁹He has raised up a horn^[a]^(E) of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David^(F)
⁷⁰(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),^(G)
⁷¹salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—
⁷²to show mercy to our ancestors^(H)
    and to remember his holy covenant,^(I)
⁷³    the oath he swore to our father Abraham:^(J)
⁷⁴to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him^(K) without fear^(L)
⁷⁵    in holiness and righteousness^(M) before him all our days.

⁷⁶And you, my child, will be called a prophet^(N) of the Most High;^(O)
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,^(P)
⁷⁷to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,^(Q)
⁷⁸because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun^(R) will come to us from heaven
⁷⁹to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,^(S)
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”^(T)