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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, My servants shall eat,
But you shall be hungry;
Behold, My servants shall drink,
But you shall be thirsty;
Behold, My servants shall rejoice,
But you shall be ashamed;
14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And awail for grief of spirit. 
15 You shall leave your name aas a curse to bMy chosen;
For the Lord God will slay you,
And ccall His servants by another name; 
16 aSo that he who blesses himself in the earth
Shall bless himself in the God of truth;
And bhe who swears in the earth
Shall swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My eyes. 

The Glorious New Creation

17 “For behold, I create anew heavens and a new earth;
And the former shall not be remembered or1 come to mind. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 65:15

curse—The name of "Jew" has been for long a formula of execration (compare Jeremiah 29:22); if one wishes to curse another, he can utter nothing worse than this, "God make thee what the Jew is!" Contrast the formula (Genesis 48:20) [MAURER].

my chosen—the elect Church, gathered from Jews and Gentiles, called by "another name," Christians (Acts 11:26). However (see on Isaiah 65:13), as "My chosen," or "elect," in Isaiah 65:3, refers to the "seed of Jacob," the believing Jews, hereafter about to possess their land (Isaiah 65:19, Isaiah 65:22), are ultimately meant by "My chosen," as contrasted with the unbelieving Jews ("ye"). These elect Jews shall be called by "another," or a new name, that is, shall no longer be "forsaken" of God for unbelief, but shall be His "delight" and "married" to Him (Isaiah 62:2, Isaiah 62:4).

thee—unbelieving Israel. Isaiah here speaks of God, whereas in the preceding sentences God Himself spake. This change of persons marks without design how completely the prophet realized God with him and in him, so that he passes, without formally announcing it, from God's words to his own, and vice versa, both alike being from God.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 65:15:

Numbers 5:21
Isaiah 62:2
Isaiah 64:12
Isaiah 65:9
Isaiah 65:13
Jeremiah 26:6
Jeremiah 29:22

 

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