You 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you. He will call his servants by another name,
- KJV 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:
- NKJV You shall leave your name as a curse to My chosen; For the Lord God will slay you, And call His servants by another name;
- NASB “You will leave your name as a curse to My chosen ones, And the Lord God will put you to death. But My servants will be called by another name.
- NLT 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.
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Quick answer
The rebellious will leave their name as a curse, while God will give His servants a new name. It matters because it contrasts the legacy of the lost with the new identity of the redeemed.
Overview
The names of the rebellious become a byword, but God renames His servants, signaling a transformed people and a fresh start. The promise of 'another name' recalls the new-name theme of chapter 62 and points to the new identity believers receive in Christ (Revelation 2:17; 3:12). Judgment and grace stand side by side.
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- Isa 62:2Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
- Rom 9:26and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
- Zech 8:13As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
- Acts 11:26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
- Jer 29:22Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
- 1 Pet 2:9–10But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Isa 65:9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.
- Isa 65:22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
- Matt 21:41“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
- Prov 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Isa 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- Isa 66:15For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
- 1 Th 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
- Matt 22:7The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
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