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 thus says Adonai Elohim: “Behold, My servants will eat, while you will go hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. 14Behold, My servants will sing for joy with a happy heart, but you will cry from pain of heart, and wail out of a broken spirit. You will leave your name behind as a curse for My chosen ones, and Adonai Elohim will slay you. But He will call His servants by another name. 16So he who says a bracha in the land will be blessed by the God of truth, and he who swears in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles are forgotten, because they are hidden from My sight! 17For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered or come to mind.

Isaiah 65:15 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall leaveיָנַחyânach · to restH3240
• your nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• for a curseשְׁבוּעָהshebû‛âh · oathH7621
• unto my chosenבָּחִירbâchîyr · chosenH972
• for the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• shall slayמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• thee, and callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• by 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 29:22So a curse will be taken up by everyone in exile from Judah who are in Babylon, saying: ‘May Adonai make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire’—
• Zechariah 8:13It will happen that just as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you and you will be a blessing. Fear not! Let your hands be strong!’
• Isaiah 65:9I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, an heir of My mountains from Judah. My chosen ones will inherit it, and My servants will dwell there.
• Isaiah 65:12I will fate you to the sword, and all of you will kneel to slaughter. For I called, but you did not answer, I spoke, but you did not hear. So you did what was evil in My sight, and chose what I did not delight in.”
• Isaiah 66:15For behold, Adonai will come in fire, and His chariots like the whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.
• Matthew 21:41“He will bring those miserable men to a miserable end,” they said to Him, “and will lease the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the fruits in their seasons.”
• Matthew 22:7Now the king became furious! Sending his troops, he destroyed those murderers and set fire to their city.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they might be saved. As a result, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last.
• Isaiah 62:2Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name, which Adonai’s mouth will bestow.
• Acts 11:26and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met together with Messiah’s community and taught a large number. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called “Christianoi.”
• Romans 9:26And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ there they shall 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, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One 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

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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