The unfaithful will leave their name as a curse, and YHWH will give the servants a new name, establishing that identity is reoriented through eschatological judgment. The curse-name indicates that the faithless will become proverbial warning. The new name for the faithful indicates renewed identity and honor. The connection between names and destinies suggests that identity marks one's eternal status. The verse asserts that eschatological judgment includes relational and identity transformation: the shameful are cursed, the faithful are honored with new names.

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