Isaiah 27:5

Isaiah 27:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Or let him take hold of My strength, That he may make peace with Me; And he shall make peace with Me.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)unless they turn to me for help. Let them make peace with me; yes, let them make peace with me.”

Context of Isaiah 27:5

3I, the Lord, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it. 4I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire. Or else let them come to me for refuge; let them make peace with me, yes, let them make peace with me.” 6In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit. 7Has the Lord struck her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed her?

Isaiah 27:5 word by word

א֚וֹ יַחֲזֵ֣ק בְּמָעוּזִּ֔י יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה שָׁל֖וֹם לִ֑י שָׁל֖וֹם יַֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Or let him take holdחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: holdH2388
• of my strengthמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581
• he may makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965

Cross-references for Isaiah 27:5

• Isaiah 25:4You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall
• Isaiah 26:3You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
• Isaiah 45:24They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone are deliverance and strength.’ ” All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame.
• Isaiah 56:2Blessed is the one who does this— the person who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”
• Isaiah 64:7No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and have given us over to our sins.
• Joshua 9:24They answered Joshua, “Your servants were clearly told how the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.
• Joshua 10:6The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
• Job 22:21“Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.
• Luke 13:34“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
• Luke 14:32If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.
• Luke 19:42and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.
• Hebrews 6:18God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.
• Isaiah 57:19creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
• Ezekiel 34:25“ ‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.
• Hosea 2:18In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.
• Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Commentaries on Isaiah 27:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Or "Ah" - For או o I read אוי oi, as it was at first in a MS. The י yod was easily lost, being followed by another י yod .Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Or let him - The Hebrew word rendered here or (או 'ô ) means “unless;” and the sense is, the enemies of the Jewish people shall be completely destroyed as briers are by fire, “unless” they flee to God for a refuge. Take hold of my strength - That is, let the enemy take hold of me to become reconciled to me. The figure here is taken probably from the act of fleeing to take hold of the horns of the altar for refuge when one was pursued (compare 1 Kings…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5God wants everyone to turn to him and trust him for help. God offers his people a chance to make peace with him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Or--Else; the only alternative, if Israel's enemies wish to escape being "burnt together." strength--rather, "the refuge which I afford" [Maurer]. "Take hold," refers to the horns of the altar which fugitives often laid hold of as an asylum (1Ki 1:50; 2:28). Jesus is God's "strength," or "refuge" which sinners must repair to and take hold of, if they are to have "peace" with God (Is 45:24; Ro 5:1; Ep 2:14; compare Job 22:21).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings