“He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.”
He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts — the mighty deeds with his arm echoes the Exodus language (Exodus 15:16 — your mighty arm). The scattering of the proud in their inmost thoughts is the first of the Magnificat's reversals: the proud (hyperēphanous, those who elevate themselves) are scattered — not merely humbled but dispersed. The pride is located in their inmost thoughts (dianoia, understanding, reasoning) — the intellectual pride that refuses to acknowledge God.
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