He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
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Gill's Exposition
He hath filled the hungry with good things,.... Such as earnestly desired and longed after the coming of the Messiah, as good old Simeon, and Anna the prophetess; and those that looked for redemption…
Barnes' Notes
He hath filled the hungry with good things - This is a celebration of the general mercy of God. He hath daily fed the poor, the needy, and those who came to Him with humble hearts. The rich he hath…
Adam Clarke
Filled the hungry - the rich he hath sent empty away - God is here represented under the notion of a person of unbounded benevolence, who is daily feeding multitudes at his gates. The poor and the…
We have here an interview between the two happy mothers, Elisabeth and Mary: the angel, by intimating to Mary the favour bestowed on her cousin Elisabeth (Luk 1:36), gave occasion for it; and…
Cambridge Bible
filled the hungry with good things "My servants shall eat but ye shall be hungry, &c.," Isa 65:13; Isa 25:6; Psa 34:10, and the Beatitude Mat 5:6. (See Luk 18:14, the Publican and the Pharisee.)
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