Isaiah 65:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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:

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Zech 8:13 : 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.
• Isa 62:2 : 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.
• Isa 65:9 : 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.
• Jer 29:22 : 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;
• Acts 11:26 : 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.
• Rom 9:26 : 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.
• 1 Thess 2:16 : 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.
• 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 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: 10 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.
• Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
• Matt 21:41 : 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.
• Matt 22:7 : 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
• Isa 65:12 : 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.
• 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 are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
• Isa 66:15 : 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.