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67 His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

68 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    for he has visited and redeemed his people;
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
70     (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),
71     salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show mercy toward our fathers,
    to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
74     to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies,
    should serve him without fear,
75     in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
77     to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the dawn from on high will visit us,
79     to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death;
    to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

80 The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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Zechariah’s Song

67 His 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)
69 He 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)
71 salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors(H)
    and to remember his holy covenant,(I)
73     the oath he swore to our father Abraham:(J)
74 to 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.

76 And 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)
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,(Q)
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun(R) will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,(S)
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”(T)

80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit[b];(U) and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:69 Horn here symbolizes a strong king.
  2. Luke 1:80 Or in the Spirit