Isaiah 65:15

Isaiah 65:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
• New International Version (NIV)You will leave your name for my chosen ones to use in their curses; the Sovereign Lord will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse, and the Lord God will put you to death, but his servants he will call by another name,
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall leave your name as a curse to My chosen; For the Lord God will slay you, And call His servants by another name;

Context of Isaiah 65:15

13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. 14My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit. You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name. 16Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight. 17For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

Isaiah 65:15 word by word

וְהִנַּחְתֶּ֨ם שִׁמְכֶ֤ם לִשְׁבוּעָה֙ לִבְחִירַ֔י וֶהֱמִיתְךָ֖ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה וְלַעֲבָדָ֥יו יִקְרָ֖א שֵׁ֥ם אַחֵֽר׃Read the interlinear

• You will leave behindנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• your nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• as a curseשְׁבוּעָהshebû‛âh · oathH7621
• for My chosen onesבָּחִירbâchîyr · chosenH972
• and the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• GODיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• will slay youמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• but to His servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• He will giveקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:15

• Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
• Jeremiah 29:22Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
• Zechariah 8:13As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
• Isaiah 65:9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.
• Isaiah 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
• Isaiah 66:15For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
• Matthew 21:41“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
• Matthew 22:7The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
• Isaiah 62:2Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
• Acts 11:26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
• Romans 9:26and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Commentaries on Isaiah 65:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Shall slay thee "Shall slay you" - For והמיתך vehemithecha, shall slay thee, the Septuagint and Chaldee read והמיתכם vehemithechem, shall slay you, plural.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen - To my people; to those whom I have selected to be my friends. The word rendered here curse‘ (שׁבועה shebû‛âh ) means properly “an oath,” or “a swearing”; and then “an imprecation” or “a curse” (see Numbers 5:21; Daniel 9:11). The sense here seems to be, that their punishment would be so great that it would become the subject of imprecation when others wished to bind themselves in the most solemn…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 Here the different states of the godly and wicked, of the Jews who believed, and of those who persisted in unbelief, are set against one another. They prepared a table for that troop of deities which the heathen worship, and poured out drink-offerings to that countless number. Their worshippers spared no cost to honour them, which should shame the worshippers of the true God. See the malignity of sin; it is doing by choice what we know will…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The new name given to the faithful symbolizes a new identity and a closer relationship with the Lord (see also Isaiah 62:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. curse--The name of "Jew" has been for long a formula of execration (compare Jr 29:22); if one wishes to curse another, he can utter nothing worse than this, "God make thee what the Jew is!" Contrast the formula (Ge 48:20) [Maurer]. my chosen--the elect Church, gathered from Jews and Gentiles, called by "another name," Christians (Ac 11:26). However (see on Is 65:13), as "My chosen," or "elect," in Is 65:9, refers to the "seed of Jacob," the believing…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 65:15

• Apostasy
• Church
• Condescension of God
• Impenitence

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Cry
• Sought
• Thence
• Isaiah
• Oreb; Zeeb

Commentaries on Isaiah 65

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings