Bible Strands
Isaiah 27:5
Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks to Israel/Jacob immediately after describing His readiness to destroy thorns and briers in Isaiah 27:4. He offers a conditional alternative to judgment at a moment when national restoration is imminent.
The words — יַחֲזֵק (yaḥazēq) translates literally as "let one take hold," directed toward בְּמָעוּזִּי (bəmāʿūzî), "on My stronghold/protection." The repeated phrase יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם (yaʿśeh šālôm) commands "let one make peace," emphasizing the urgency of the offer.
The thread — The text's reconciliation motif runs parallel to Job 22:21's instruction to seek peace and Isaiah 25:4's depiction of God as a protective refuge. The New Testament later identifies this peace as accomplished through the cross in Ephesians 2:16.
Why it lands — The passage demands a deliberate choice to seek divine protection and pursue peace rather than face destruction. It requires the reader to act on the offer by submitting to God's authority before restoration follows.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Job 22:21 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
- Isaiah 25:4 For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
- Ephesians 2:16 and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.
- Joshua 10:6 Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
- Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- Isaiah 45:24 Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
- Isaiah 56:2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
- Isaiah 57:19 bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
- Ezekiel 34:25 I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.