Isaiah 65 · Verse 15

Isaiah 65:15

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:
Isaiah 65:15, King James Version

Isaiah 65:15 in other translations

BSBYou 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.
WEBYou will leave your name for a curse to my chosen, and the Lord GOD will kill you. He will call his servants by another name,
ASVAnd ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay thee; and he will call his servants by another name:
YLTAnd ye have left your name For an oath for My chosen ones, And the Lord Jehovah hath put thee to death, And to His servants He giveth another name.
DARBYAnd ye shall leave your name for a curse unto mine elect; for the Lord Jehovah will slay thee, and will call his servants by another name:
BBEAnd your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
WebsterAnd ye shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen: for the Lord GOD will slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

What does Isaiah 65:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. 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 Jews, hereafter about to possess their land (Is 65:19, 22), are ultimately meant by "My chosen," as contrasted with the unbelieving Jews ("ye"). These elect Jews shall be called by "another," or a new name, that is, shall no longer be "forsaken" of God for unbelief, but shall be His "delight" and "married" to Him (Is 62:2, 4). thee--unbelieving Israel. Isaiah here speaks of God, whereas in the preceding sentences God Himself spake. This change of persons marks without design how completely the prophet realized God with him and in him, so that he passes, without formally announcing it, from God's words to his own, and vice versa, both alike being from God.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Shall slay thee "Shall slay you" - For והמיתך vehemithecha, shall slay thee, the Septuagint and Chaldee read והמיתכם vehemithechem, shall slay you, plural.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 65:11-16

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…

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Isaiah 65:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִנַּחְתֶּ֨םve.hi.nach.Temand you will leaveH5117
שִׁמְכֶ֤םshim.Khemname yourH8034
לִשְׁבוּעָה֙lish.vu.'Ahto a curseH7621
לִבְחִירַ֔יliv.chi.Raito chosen ones myH972
וֶהֱמִיתְךָ֖ve.he.mi.te.Khaand he will put to death youH4191
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3069
וְלַעֲבָדָ֥יוve.la.'a.va.Davand <to> servants hisH5650
יִקְרָ֖אyik.Ra'he will callH7121
שֵׁ֥םshema nameH8034
אַחֵֽר\׃'a.CheranotherH312

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Cross references for Isaiah 65:15

  • Isaiah 62:2

    And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

  • Romans 9:26

    And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

  • Zechariah 8:13

    And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

  • Acts 11:26

    And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

  • Jeremiah 29:22

    And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

  • Isaiah 65:22

    They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

  • Isaiah 65:9

    And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

  • 1 Peter 2:9-10

    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

  • Isaiah 66:15

    For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

  • Matthew 21:41

    They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

  • Isaiah 65:12

    Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:16

    Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye shall.
Pr 10:7; Jer 29:22; Zec 8:13
my chosen.
9,22
the Lord.
12; 66:15; Mt 21:41; 22:7; 1Th 2:16
his servants.
62:2; Ac 11:26; Ro 9:26; 1Pe 2:9,10

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Context

  • Isaiah 65:14

    Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

  • Isaiah 65:15

    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:

  • Isaiah 65:16

    That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

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Isaiah 65:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dejaréis vuestro nombre por maldición á mis escogidos, y el Señor Jehová te matará; y á sus siervos llamará por otro nombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous laisserez votre nom comme imprécation à mes élus; car le Seigneur, l’ Éternel, te mettra à mort, et appellera ses serviteurs d’un autre nom,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr werdet euren Namen meinen Auserwählten zum Fluchwort hinterlassen; und der Herr, Jehova, wird dich töten. Seine Knechte aber wird er mit einem anderen Namen nennen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et dimittetis nomen vestrum in juramentum electis meis; et interficiet te Dominus Deus, et servos suos vocabit nomine alio: