Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
(for they call themselves of the holy city, and steady themselves upon the God of Israel, LORD of hosts is his name):
New American Standard Bible
And
The Lord of hosts is His name.
King James Version
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
Holman Bible
and lean on the God of Israel;
His name is Yahweh of Hosts.
International Standard Version
For they name themselves after the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.
American Standard Version
(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):
Amplified
“For they call themselves [citizens of Jerusalem] after the holy city
And depend on the God of Israel;
The Lord of hosts is His name.
Bible in Basic English
For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.
Darby Translation
For they are named after the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Julia Smith Translation
For they were called of the holy city, and rested themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of armies his name.
King James 2000
For they call themselves after the holy city, and anchor themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For they call themselves {after the holy city}, and they lean on the God of Israel-- Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.
Modern King James verseion
For they call themselves of the holy city, and rest themselves on the God of Israel; Jehovah of Hosts is His name.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Which are called free men of the holy city, as they that look for comfort in the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
NET Bible
Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord who commands armies.
New Heart English Bible
(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name):
The Emphasized Bible
For of the holy city, do they call themselves, And on the God of Israel, do they stay themselves, - Yahweh of hosts, is his name.
Webster
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
World English Bible
(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name):
Youngs Literal Translation
For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.
Themes
Declaration » What the lord declares
Jerusalem » The names given to » Called the holy city
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 48:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel
1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness 2 (for they call themselves of the holy city, and steady themselves upon the God of Israel, LORD of hosts is his name): 3 I have declared the former things from of old. Yea, they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them. Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
Cross References
Micah 3:11
The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.
Isaiah 10:20
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and those who are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him who smote them, but shall lean upon LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion. Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. For henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Romans 2:17
Behold, thou are called a Jew, and rely upon the law, and boast in God,
Jeremiah 21:2
Inquire, I pray thee, of LORD for us. For Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, Now I know that LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest.
1 Samuel 4:3-5
And when the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has LORD smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of LORD out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out o
Nehemiah 11:1
And the rulers of the people dwelt in Jerusalem. The rest of the people also cast lots to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities.
Nehemiah 11:18
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
Psalm 48:1
Great is LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Psalm 87:3
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Isaiah 47:4
Our Redeemer, LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 51:13
and have forgotten LORD thy maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? And where is the fury
Isaiah 64:10-11
Thy holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Jeremiah 7:4-11
Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of LORD, the temple of LORD, the temple of LORD, are these.
Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob is not like these. For he is the former of all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance. LORD of hosts is his name.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and pr
Matthew 4:5
Then the devil takes him into the holy city, and stands him on the pinnacle of the temple.
Matthew 27:53
And having come forth out of the sepulchers after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
John 8:40-41
But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
Revelation 11:2
And leave out the court outside the temple, and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations. And they will trample the holy city forty-two months.
Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 22:19
And if any man takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and from the holy city, the things written in this book.