Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”
- KJV Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
- NKJV Or let him take hold of My strength, That he may make peace with Me; And he shall make peace with Me.”
- NASB “Or let him rely on My protection, Let him make peace with Me, Let him make peace with Me.”
- NLT unless they turn to me for help. Let them make peace with me; yes, let them make peace with me.”
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Quick answer
God invites even His enemies to take hold of His strength and make peace with Him.
Overview
Remarkably, the Lord offers reconciliation to those who would otherwise be the thorns appointed for burning. Rather than destruction, He extends an open invitation to lay hold of Him and make peace. This anticipates the gospel call, in which former enemies of God are reconciled to Him through Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Job 22:21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
- Isa 25:4For 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,
- Eph 2:16–17and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
- Isa 26:3–4You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- 2 Cor 5:19–21that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
- Josh 10:6Then 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.”
- Isa 56:2Blessed 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.”
- Isa 57:19bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
- Col 1:20–21and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
- Hos 2:18–20On 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 weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- Heb 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Ezek 34:25–26I 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.
- Isa 45:24Surely 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.
- Josh 9:24–25The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
- Luke 19:42and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
- Rom 5:1–10Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Isa 64:7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
- Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Luke 14:32And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.
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