Isaiah 27 · Verse 5

Isaiah 27:5

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
Isaiah 27:5, King James Version

Isaiah 27:5 in other translations

BSBOr let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me— yes, let them make peace with Me.”
WEBOr else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”
ASVOr else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; yea, let him make peace with me.
YLTOr--he doth take hold on My strength, He doth make peace with Me, Peace he doth make with Me.
DARBYOr let him take hold of my strength; let him make peace with me: yea, let him make peace with me.
BBEOr let him put himself under my power, and make peace with me.
WebsterOr let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me, and he shall make peace with me.

What does Isaiah 27:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Or "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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 27:1-5

God's care over his people. (Is. 27:1-5) A promise of their recall to Divine favour. (Is. 27:6-13) Verses 1-5 The Lord Jesus with his strong sword, the virtue of his death, and the preaching of his gospel, does and will destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, that old serpent. The world is a fruitless, worthless wilderness; but the church is a vineyard, a place that has great care taken of it…

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Isaiah 27:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

א֚וֹ'oorH176
יַחֲזֵ֣קya.cha.Zeklet anyone take holdH2388
בְּמָעוּזִּ֔יbe.ma.'u.Zion protection myH4581
יַעֲשֶׂ֥הya.'a.Sehlet anyone makeH6213
שָׁל֖וֹםsha.LompeaceH7965
לִ֑יLito me
שָׁל֖וֹםsha.LompeaceH7965
יַֽעֲשֶׂה\־ya.'a.seh-let anyone makeH6213
לִּֽי\׃Lito me

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 27:5

  • Isaiah 25:4

    For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

  • Job 22:21

    Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

  • Ephesians 2:16-17

    And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

  • Isaiah 57:19

    I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.

  • Isaiah 26:3-4

    Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

  • Hosea 2:18-20

    And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

  • Joshua 10:6

    And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:19-21

    To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  • Isaiah 56:2

    Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

  • Colossians 1:20-21

    And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

  • Ezekiel 34:25-26

    And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

  • Hebrews 6:18

    That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
let him.
25:4; 26:3,4; 45:24; 56:2; 64:7; Jos 9:24,25; 10:6; Job 22:21
Lu 13:34; 14:32; 19:42; Heb 6:18
and he.
57:19; Eze 34:25,26; Ho 2:18-20; Ro 5:1-10; 2Co 5:19-21
Eph 2:16,17; Col 1:20,21

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Context

  • Isaiah 27:4

    Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

  • Isaiah 27:5

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

  • Isaiah 27:6

    He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

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Isaiah 27:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿O forzará alguien mi fortaleza? Haga conmigo paz, sí, haga paz conmigo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ou bien, qu’il saisisse ma force, qu’il fasse la paix avec moi, qu’il fasse la paix avec moi!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Oder man müßte meinen Schutz ergreifen, Frieden mit mir machen, Frieden machen mit mir.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
An potius tenebit fortitudinem meam? faciet pacem mihi, pacem faciet mihi.