Luke 1:53 (YLT)

Passage

The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

Nearby Context

Luke 1:51 He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

Luke 1:52 He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

Luke 1:53 The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

Luke 1:54 He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,

Luke 1:55 As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed--to the age.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hungry", "fill", "good", "rich", "sent", "away", and "empty". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hungry" and "fill", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 52's "He brought down the mighty from thrones..." into verse 54's "He received again Israel His servant To...", so "hungry" and "fill" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hungry" and "fill" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.