Isaiah 27:5

Or: i.e. if such enemies wish to avert My wrath, let them make peace with Me.

My strength. Me, as. refuge or protection.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 27:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Or 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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. Or "Ah" - For או o I read אוי oi, as it was...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The powers hostile to God's people are here symbolically represented as monsters. Leviathan the piercing (RV 'swift') serpent perhaps stands...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A gracious overture even to God's enemies.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Or let him take hold of my strength. — Or, Let him lay hold on my fortress: let him make peace with Me. The thought implied is that even the enem...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This circle of prophecy ends with a message which describes the process toward ultimate restoration, and announces its certainty. The way to restorat...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I place this verse alone, in order that the Reader may consider it somewhat more particularly. It is Jehovah the Father who is here speaking, and the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Or let him take hold of my strength ,.... Not on the law, as the Targum and Kimchi; but on Christ, as Jerom rightly interprets it; who is the streng...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me; [and] he shall make peace with me. Ver. 5. Or let him take hold of my stren...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Fury is not in me Namely, against my vineyard or my people; I have been displeased with them, and have chastized them, but I am not implacable towa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Persecutors; The Privilege of Saints. B. C. 718....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Or let him take hold of My strength, let him make his peace with God, the only alternative by which the wicked may escape the threatened punishment,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Or — Or if at any time fury seem to be in me against my people. Let him — My people. Take hold — Which he may by humble prayer not only restrain fr...

⁵ Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 27:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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