Discovery BoxIsaiah 65:15-16 
Context65:15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. 1
The sovereign Lord will kill you,
but he will give his servants another name.
65:16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth 2
will do so in the name of the faithful God; 3
whoever makes an oath in the earth
will do so in the name of the faithful God. 4
For past problems will be forgotten;
I will no longer think about them. 5
1 tn Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.”
sn For an example of such a curse formula see Jer 29:22.
2 tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.
3 tn Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”
4 tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”
5 tn Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”
