◄ Isaiah 27:5 ►
Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me--yes, let them make peace with Me."
Study Bible
Or let them lay claim
The phrase "lay claim" suggests an active decision or effort to seek something. In the Hebrew text, the word used here can be understood as "to grasp" or "to take hold of." This implies a deliberate action on the part of individuals to reach out for God's protection. Historically, this reflects the covenant relationship between God and His people, where God offers His protection and blessings, but it requires a response of faith and obedience from the people.

to My protection
The term "protection" in this context refers to God's divine safeguarding and provision. In Hebrew, the word can also mean "stronghold" or "refuge," indicating a place of safety and security. This is reminiscent of the imagery found throughout the Psalms, where God is often described as a fortress or shield. Theologically, it underscores the idea that true security is found not in human strength or alliances, but in reliance on God.

let them make peace with Me
The call to "make peace" is an invitation to reconciliation and restoration of relationship. The Hebrew word for peace, "shalom," encompasses not just the absence of conflict, but a state of wholeness and harmony. This reflects the broader biblical narrative of God's desire for humanity to be in right relationship with Him, a theme that is fulfilled in the New Testament through the work of Christ, who is our peace.

yes, let them make peace with Me
The repetition of the phrase emphasizes the earnestness and urgency of God's invitation. It is a divine plea for His people to return to Him and experience the fullness of life that comes from being in communion with their Creator. This repetition also serves as a literary device to highlight the importance of reconciliation, echoing the prophetic call for repentance and renewal found throughout the book of Isaiah.

Persons / Places / Events
1. God (Yahweh)
The speaker in this verse, offering protection and peace to those who seek Him.

2. Israel
The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecy, often depicted as a vineyard in this chapter.

3. Enemies of Israel
Implicit in the context, those who oppose God's people and need to seek peace with Him.

4. Isaiah
The prophet delivering God's message, calling for reconciliation and peace.

5. The Vineyard
Symbolic of Israel, representing God's people and His care for them.
Teaching Points
Invitation to Reconciliation
God extends an invitation to all to seek His protection and make peace with Him. This is a call to repentance and faith.

The Necessity of Peace with God
True peace is found only in a right relationship with God. This peace is not merely the absence of conflict but a deep, abiding harmony with the Creator.

God's Protection
Laying claim to God's protection involves trust and reliance on His power and promises. It is a call to live under His sovereign care.

The Role of Repentance
Making peace with God requires a turning away from sin and a turning towards Him, acknowledging His lordship and grace.

The Assurance of God's Offer
The repetition of "let them make peace with Me" emphasizes God's earnest desire for reconciliation and the certainty of His promise.
Bible Study Questions
1. What does it mean to "lay claim to God's protection" in your daily life, and how can you actively seek His peace?

2. How does the concept of peace in Isaiah 27:5 compare to the peace described in Philippians 4:7?

3. In what ways can you encourage others to seek reconciliation with God, as Isaiah calls for in this verse?

4. Reflect on a time when you experienced God's protection. How did it impact your faith and understanding of His peace?

5. How can the assurance of God's desire for peace with us influence our relationships with others, especially those who may oppose us?
Connections to Other Scriptures
Isaiah 26:3-4
These verses speak of perfect peace for those who trust in God, connecting to the theme of peace in Isaiah 27:5.

Romans 5:1
This verse discusses peace with God through faith in Jesus Christ, echoing the call for reconciliation in Isaiah 27:5.

Philippians 4:7
The peace of God, which transcends understanding, is a New Testament parallel to the peace offered in Isaiah 27:5.

Colossians 1:20
Speaks of reconciliation through Christ, aligning with the call to make peace with God in Isaiah 27:5.

Psalm 46:1
God as a refuge and strength, a theme of protection similar to the invitation in Isaiah 27:5.
Sermons
Making Peace with GodW. Clarkson Isaiah 27:5
Man, Seizing the Strength of OmnipotenceHomilistIsaiah 27:5
Seizing the Strength of the AlmightyHomilistIsaiah 27:5
Strength Taken Hold OfHomilistIsaiah 27:5
Taking Hold of God's StrengthW. Clarkson Isaiah 27:5
Taking Hold of the Divine StrengthW. Horwood.Isaiah 27:5
The Grasp that Brings PeaceAlexander MaclarenIsaiah 27:5
God's Treatment of the Rebellious and the RighteousW. Clarkson Isaiah 27:1-11
In that DayE. Johnson Isaiah 27:1-13
Fury not in GodT. Chalmers, D. D.Isaiah 27:4-5
Liberty and DisciplineH. Bushnell, D. D.Isaiah 27:4-5
People
Isaiah, Israelites, Jacob
Places
Assyria, Brook of Egypt, Egypt, Euphrates River, Jerusalem
Topics
Hold, Lay, Peace, Power, Protection, Rely, Strength, Yea, Yes
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Isaiah 27:4

     4422   brier
     4520   thorns
     4540   weeds

Library
The Grasp that Brings Peace
'Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; yea, let him make peace with Me.'--ISAIAH xxvii. 5. Lyrical emotion makes the prophet's language obscure by reason of its swift transitions from one mood of feeling to another. But the main drift here is discernible. God is guarding Israel, His vineyard, and before Him its foes are weak as 'thorns and briers,' whose end is to be burned. With daring anthropomorphism, the prophet puts into God's mouth a longing for the enemies to measure …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Twelfth Day for the Spirit to Convince the World of Sin
WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit to convince the World of Sin "I will send the Comforter to you. And He, when He is come, will convict the world in respect of sin."--JOHN xvi. 7, 8. God's one desire, the one object of Christ's being manifested, is to take away sin. The first work of the Spirit on the world is conviction of sin. Without that, no deep or abiding revival, no powerful conversion. Pray for it, that the gospel may be preached in such power of the Spirit, that men may see that they have …
Andrew Murray—The Ministry of Intercession

Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ;
OR, A PLAIN AND PROFITABLE DISCOURSE ON JOHN 6:37 SHOWING THE CAUSE, TRUTH, AND MANNER OF THE COMING OF A SINNER TO JESUS CHRIST; WITH HIS HAPPY RECEPTION AND BLESSED ENTERTAINMENT. WRITTEN BY JOHN BUNYAN, AUTHOR OF "THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS." "And they shall come which were ready to perish."--Isaiah 27:13. London, 1681. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. "Come and welcome to Jesus Christ," is a subject peculiarly fitted to the deep and searching experience of John Bunyan. He knew all the wiles of sin and …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

The Desire of the Righteous Granted;
OR, A DISCOURSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN'S DESIRES. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR As the tree is known by its fruit, so is the state of a man's heart known by his desires. The desires of the righteous are the touchstone or standard of Christian sincerity--the evidence of the new birth--the spiritual barometer of faith and grace--and the springs of obedience. Christ and him crucified is the ground of all our hopes--the foundation upon which all our desires after God and holiness are built--and the root …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

How Shall one Make Use of Christ as the Life, when Wrestling with an Angry God Because of Sin?
That we may give some satisfaction to this question, we shall, 1. Shew what are the ingredients in this case, or what useth to concur in this distemper. 2. Shew some reasons why the Lord is pleased to dispense thus with his people. 3. Shew how Christ is life to the soul in this case. 4. Shew the believer's duty for a recovery; and, 5. Add a word or two of caution. As to the first, There may be those parts of, or ingredients in this distemper: 1. God presenting their sins unto their view, so as …
John Brown (of Wamphray)—Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life

"But we are all as an Unclean Thing, and all Our Righteousnesses are as Filthy Rags,"
Isaiah lxiv 6, 7.--"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags," &c. This people's condition agreeth well with ours, though the Lord's dealing be very different. The confessory part of this prayer belongeth to us now; and strange it is, that there is such odds of the Lord's dispensations, when there is no difference in our conditions; always we know not how soon the complaint may be ours also. This prayer was prayed long before the judgment and captivity came …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

Covenanting Confers Obligation.
As it has been shown that all duty, and that alone, ought to be vowed to God in covenant, it is manifest that what is lawfully engaged to in swearing by the name of God is enjoined in the moral law, and, because of the authority of that law, ought to be performed as a duty. But it is now to be proved that what is promised to God by vow or oath, ought to be performed also because of the act of Covenanting. The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting

The Mercy of God
The next attribute is God's goodness or mercy. Mercy is the result and effect of God's goodness. Psa 33:5. So then this is the next attribute, God's goodness or mercy. The most learned of the heathens thought they gave their god Jupiter two golden characters when they styled him good and great. Both these meet in God, goodness and greatness, majesty and mercy. God is essentially good in himself and relatively good to us. They are both put together in Psa 119:98. Thou art good, and doest good.' This …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity

The River of Egypt, Rhinocorura. The Lake of Sirbon.
Pliny writes, "From Pelusium are the intrenchments of Chabrias: mount Casius: the temple of Jupiter Casius: the tomb of Pompey the Great: Ostracine: Arabia is bounded sixty-five miles from Pelusium: soon after begins Idumea and Palestine from the rising up of the Sirbon lake." Either my eyes deceive me, while I read these things,--or mount Casius lies nearer Pelusium, than the lake of Sirbon. The maps have ill placed the Sirbon between mount Casius and Pelusium. Sirbon implies burning; the name of …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica

The Worst Things Work for Good to the Godly
DO not mistake me, I do not say that of their own nature the worst things are good, for they are a fruit of the curse; but though they are naturally evil, yet the wise overruling hand of God disposing and sanctifying them, they are morally good. As the elements, though of contrary qualities, yet God has so tempered them, that they all work in a harmonious manner for the good of the universe. Or as in a watch, the wheels seem to move contrary one to another, but all carry on the motions of the watch: …
Thomas Watson—A Divine Cordial

What Messiah did the Jews Expect?
1. The most important point here is to keep in mind the organic unity of the Old Testament. Its predictions are not isolated, but features of one grand prophetic picture; its ritual and institutions parts of one great system; its history, not loosely connected events, but an organic development tending towards a definite end. Viewed in its innermost substance, the history of the Old Testament is not different from its typical institutions, nor yet these two from its predictions. The idea, underlying …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

The Great Shepherd
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. I t is not easy for those, whose habits of life are insensibly formed by the customs of modern times, to conceive any adequate idea of the pastoral life, as obtained in the eastern countries, before that simplicity of manners, which characterized the early ages, was corrupted, by the artificial and false refinements of luxury. Wealth, in those …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1

Isaiah
CHAPTERS I-XXXIX Isaiah is the most regal of the prophets. His words and thoughts are those of a man whose eyes had seen the King, vi. 5. The times in which he lived were big with political problems, which he met as a statesman who saw the large meaning of events, and as a prophet who read a divine purpose in history. Unlike his younger contemporary Micah, he was, in all probability, an aristocrat; and during his long ministry (740-701 B.C., possibly, but not probably later) he bore testimony, as …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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