Isaiah 27:5

Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”

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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

4Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.

6In days to come, Jacob [Supplanter] will take root. Israel [God prevails] will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:3You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, 2 because he trusts in you. 1

Isaiah 56:2Blessed is the man who does this, 2 and the son of man who holds it fast; 1 who keeps the Shabath ·Intermission· without profaning it, 2 and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” 1

Isaiah 64:7There is no one who calls on your name, 2 who stirs himself up to take hold of you; 1 for you have hidden your face from us, 2 and have consumed us by means of our depravities (moral evils). 1

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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