Or let them lay claim to My protection;
An opponent must either take hold of God's protection and make peace or face Him.
This verse offers peace under God's terms instead of resistance.
1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent — Leviathan the coiling serpent— and He will slay the dragon of the sea. 2In that day: 3I, the LORD, am its keeper; 4I am not angry. 5Or let them lay claim to My protection; 6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. 7Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? 8By warfare and exile You contended with her 9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, 10For the fortified city lies deserted — 11When its limbs are dry, 12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one. 13And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.