Isaiah 27:5

Or let him + 27:5 the enemy of My vineyard, the “brier” or “thorn” take hold of My ma'oz (stronghold, protection) 1 that he may make shalom with Me; 1 yes, he shall make shalom with Me. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

In Context

4Chemah (wrath, fury) is not in Me; 1 but if there were briers and thorns set against Me in milchamah, 1 I would march through it, 1 I would burn it together. 1

6He shall cause them that come of Ya'akov to take root; 1 Yisroel shall blossom and bud, 1 and fill with fruit the face of the tevel. 1

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Cross References

Joshua 9:24And they answered Yehoshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy avadim, how that Hashem Eloheicha commanded His Eved Moshe to give you kol HaAretz, and to destroy all the inhabitants of HaAretz from before you, therefore we were greatly afraid for nafshoteinu because of you, so we have done this thing.

Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with Him, and so hast thou shalom; 1 thereby tovah shall come unto thee. 1

Isaiah 26:3Thou wilt keep him in shalom shalom, 1 whose yetzer (mind-set) is stayed on Thee; 1 because he trusteth in Thee. 1

Isaiah 56:2Ashrei enosh that doeth this, 1 and the ben adam that layeth hold on it; 1 that is shomer Shabbos avoiding chillul Shabbos, 1 and is shomer to keep his yad from doing kol rah. 1

Isaiah 64:7But now, Hashem, Thou art Avinu (Our Father); 1 we are the chomer (clay), and Thou, Yotzreinu (our Potter, Maker, Creator); 1 and we all are the ma'aseh (work) of Thy yad. 1

Hosea 2:18And it shall be in Yom Hahu, saith Hashem, that thou shalt call Me Ishi (my Husband); and shalt call Me no more Ba'ali.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 27:2-7

The Doom of Persecutors; The Privilege of Saints. ( b. c. 718.) 1 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. 2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through… Read the whole commentary →

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