Isaiah 65:15
What does Isaiah 65:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 65:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And you shall leave your name for an execration to my elect: and the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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:
Context
v.14behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
v.15This passage
v.16so 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 9:26
And it shall be, thatin the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
- Acts 11:26
and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people; and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
- Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16
forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
- Isaiah 66:15
For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
- Isaiah 65:9
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
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