Isaiah 65:15

15 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.

Isaiah 65:15 in Other Translations

KJV
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:
ESV
15 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.
NLT
15 Your name will be a curse word among my people, for the Sovereign LORD will destroy you and will call his true servants by another name.
MSG
15 Your legacy to my chosen will be your name reduced to a cussword. I, God, will put you to death and give a new name to my servants.
CSB
15 You will leave your name behind as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord God will kill you; but He will give His servants another name.

Isaiah 65:15 In-Context

13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD 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.
14 My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.
15 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.
16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the one true God; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the one true God. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
17 “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Numbers 5:27; S Psalms 102:8; Zechariah 8:13
  • 2. S Genesis 32:28; Revelation 2:17
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