Isaiah 65:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִנַּחְתֶּ֨ם שִׁמְכֶ֤ם לִשְׁבוּעָה֙ לִבְחִירַ֔י וֶהֱמִיתְ֖ךָ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה וְלַעֲבָדָ֥יו יִקְרָ֖א שֵׁ֥ם אַחֵֽר׃

Transliteration

and-hinnahtem shimkhem to-shevuʿah to-behiray and-hemitekha ʾAdonay YHWH and-to-ʿavadaw yiqraʾ shem ʾaher

Grammar Details

*hinnahtem*: Hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will leave
*shimkhem*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your name
*shevuʿah*: feminine singular noun - oath/curse
*behiray*: masculine plural adjective with 1st person singular suffix - my chosen ones
*hemitekha*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will kill you
*ʾAdonay*: proper noun - Lord
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʿavadaw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his servants
*yiqraʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will call
*shem*: masculine singular noun - name
*ʾaher*: adjective, masculine singular - other/different

Word Meanings

*hinnahtem*: you will leave/you will deposit/you will set down
*shimkhem*: your name/your reputation/your character
*shevuʿah*: oath/curse/formula of execration
*behiray*: my chosen ones/my elect/my selected ones
*hemitekha*: he will kill you/he will put you to death/he will slay you
*ʿavadaw*: his servants/his slaves/his workers
*yiqraʾ*: he will call/he will name/he will proclaim
*shem*: name/title/reputation
*ʾaher*: other/different/another

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Zech 8:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, 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.
Isa 62:2 : 2 And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory, and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall name.
Isa 65:9 : 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.
Jer 29:22 : 22 and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
Acts 11:26 : 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.
Rom 9:26 : 26 And it shall be, [that] in the place {G3757} where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.
1 Thess 2:16 : 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.
1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
Matt 21:41 : 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
Matt 22:7 : 7 But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Isa 65:12 : 12 I will destine 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 ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.
Isa 65:22 : 22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Isa 66:15 : 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.

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