Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall 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.”
- BSB Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them 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
Cross-references · 19
- Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
- Isa 25:4For 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.
- Eph 2:16–17And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
- Isa 26:3–4Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
- 2 Cor 5:19–21To 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.
- Josh 10:6And 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.
- Isa 56:2Blessed 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.
- Isa 57:19I 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.
- Col 1:20–21And, 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.
- Hos 2:18–20And 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.
- Heb 6:18That 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:
- Ezek 34:25–26And 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.
- Isa 45:24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
- Josh 9:24–25And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
- Luke 19:42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
- Rom 5:1–10Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Isa 64:7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
- Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
- Luke 14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
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