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Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 27:5

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Isaiah27:5

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

Or if at any time Fury be, or seem to be in me against my Vineyard or People.

My People, as is clearly implied from the following Words; for, there is no peace to those who are not God's People, or to the wicked, Isa. 57. 21. and is expressed in the following Verse.

i. e. Take hold of my Arm, which is metonymically called strength, and stay it from giving the Blow, not by Force, which is impossible, but by humble Submission and earnest Supplication. Or, strengthen himself or be strong (as this Word properly signifies, and is elsewhere used) by my strength; not by his own Strength, which he will oppose to mine, but by my Strength, which he may by humble and frequent Prayers not onely restrain from doing him hurt, but effectually engage to assist him, and do him good. He seems to allude to that History of Iacob's wrestling with the Angel of God, Gen. 32. 28. which he could never have done but by a Strength received from God.

That in stead of opposing me, he may in this manner reconcile himself to me. Or, and he shall make peace with me, as the same Words are rendred in the next Clause; which may be repeated to assure them of that great and important Favour, that God would make Peace with them. Or, the Words may be rendred in both Clauses, let him make peace with me, yea let him make peace with me, this Future Verb being taken Imperatively, as the other is in the former clause of the Verse.

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