^16 (A)Then fear ^[a]came upon all, and they ^(B)glorified God, saying, ^(C)“A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, ^(D)“God has visited His people.”

³¹ So the people ^(A)believed; and when they heard that the Lord had ^(B)visited the children of Israel and that He ^(C)had looked on their affliction, then ^(D)they bowed their heads and worshiped.

⁴⁸ Also the king said thus, ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has ^(A)given one to sit on my throne this day, while my eyes see ^(B)it!’ ”

¹⁶ Go and ^(A)gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, ^(B)“I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt; ¹⁷ and I have said ^(C)I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’

Redemption in Christ

^3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,