Yesaya 65:15

65:15 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.

Yesaya 65:22

65:22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, ² 

or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, ³ 

for my people will live as long as trees, ⁴ 

and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. ⁵ 

Matius 24:22

24:22 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Roma 11:5-7

11:5 So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 11:6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace. 11:7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The ⁶  rest were hardened,

Roma 11:28

11:28 In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.

[65:15]  ¹ tn Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.”

[65:15]  sn For an example of such a curse formula see Jer 29:22.

[65:22]  ² tn Heb “they will not build, and another live [in it].”

[65:22]  ³ tn Heb “they will not plant, and another eat.”

[65:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “for like the days of the tree [will be] the days of my people.”

[65:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “the work of their hands” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “their hard-won gains.”

[11:7]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.