Luke 6:21

“Blessed are you who hunger ¹  now, for you will be satisfied. ²  “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. ³ 

Ge 17:17; Ge 21:6; Ps 6:6-8; Ps 17:15; Ps 28:7; Ps 30:11,12; Ps 42:1,2; Ps 42:3; Ps 63:1-5; Ps 65:4; Ps 107:9; Ps 119:136; Ps 126:1,2; Ps 126:5,6; Ps 143:6; Ec 7:2,3; Isa 12:1,2; Isa 25:6; Isa 30:19; Isa 44:3,4; Isa 49:9,10; Isa 55:1,2; Isa 57:17; Isa 57:18; Isa 61:1-3; Isa 65:13; Isa 65:14; Isa 66:10; Jer 9:1; Jer 13:17; Jer 31:9,13,18-20; Jer 31:14,25; Eze 7:16; Eze 9:4; Mt 5:4; Mt 5:6; Lu 1:53; Lu 6:25; Joh 4:10; Joh 6:35; Joh 7:37,38; Joh 11:35; Joh 16:20,21; Ro 9:1-3; 1Co 4:11; 2Co 1:4-6; 2Co 6:10; 2Co 7:10,11; 2Co 11:27; 2Co 12:10; Jas 1:2-4,12; 1Pe 1:6-8; Re 7:16; Re 21:3

¹ sn You who hunger are people like the poor Jesus has already mentioned. The term has OT roots both in conjunction with the poor (Isa 32:6-7; 58:6-7, 9-10; Ezek 18:7, 16) or by itself (Ps 37:16-19; 107:9).

² sn The promise you will be satisfied is the first of several “reversals” noted in these promises. The beatitudes and the reversals that accompany them serve in the sermon as an invitation to enter into God’s care, because one can know God cares for those who turn to him.

³ sn You will laugh alludes to the joy that comes to God’s people in the salvation to come.