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"Woe to you, you who are full now! For you will be hungry. "Woe to you, you who laugh now! For you will mourn and weep.
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The Great Reversal
Commentators universally highlight that these woes describe a future reversal of fortunes. Those who are satisfied 'now' with earthly pleasures and riches, at the expense of spiritual realities, will face a future of spiritual 'hunger' and mourning. The parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus is often cited as a perfect illustration of this principle.
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18th Century
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Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 65:13
laugh now (Proverbs 14:13; [Refe…
Now (νυν). Here twice as in verse 21 in contrast with future punishment. The joys and sorrows in these two verses are turned round…
19th Century
Anglican
Woe unto you that are full!—The fullness is, as the context shows, that of the satiety of over-indulgence. The word is cl…
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The woes in both structure and content form a direct contrast to the blessings. This again follows the pattern of Mary’s song in 1:53.
Jesus …
16th Century
Protestant
Woe to you who are filled. Woe to you who laugh now. In the same sense, he pronounces a curse on those who are satiated and full:…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Woe unto you that are full Not so much with the plenty and affluence of the things of this life, as of themselves, a…
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Here begins a discourse of Christ, most of which is also found in Matthew chapters 5 and 7. But some think that this was preached at another time a…
