Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

“For they call themselves after the holy city
And lean on the God of Israel;
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

For they are named after the Holy City,
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.

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):

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):

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

themselves of the holy
קדשׁ 
Qodesh 
Usage: 470

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

and stay
סמך 
Camak 
Usage: 48

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

The Lord

Usage: 0

of hosts
צבאה צבא 
Tsaba' 
Usage: 483

References

Context Readings

Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel

1 Hear ye this - O house of Jacob, Ye who call yourselves by the name of Israel, Yea from the waters of Judah, came they forth, - Who swear by the name of Yahweh, And, by the God of Israel, call to remembrance - Not in truth, nor in righteousness; 2 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. 3 Things in advance, of old, I declared, Yea out of mine own mouth, came they forth, that I might let them be known, - Suddenly, I wrought and they came to pass.


Cross References

Micah 3:11

Her heads, for a bribe, pronounce sentence, and, her priests, for a price, give direction, and, her prophets, for silver, divine, - yet, on Yahweh, they lean, saying, Is not, Yahweh, in our midst? there shall not come upon us, calamity.

Isaiah 10:20

And it shall come to pass in that day, That the remnant of Israel. And the escaped of the house of Jacob Shall, no more again, lean upon him that smote them, - But shall lean upon Yahweh the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

Isaiah 52:1

Awake, awake, Put on thy strength, O Zion, - Fur on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem - thou holy city, For there shah not again come into thee any more the uncircumcised and unclean.

Romans 2:17

If, however, thou, art taking the name of Jew, and resting thyself upon law, and boasting in God,

Jeremiah 21:2

Enquire for us I pray thee of Yahweh, in that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, maketh war against us, - Peradventure Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wonders, as that he go up from us.

Judges 17:13

Then said Micah - Now, I know that Yahweh will do me good, - seeing I have a Levite as my priest.

1 Samuel 4:3-5

And, when the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Yahweh smitten us to-day, before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us, out of Shiloh, the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that, when it cometh into our midst, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

Nehemiah 11:1

And the rulers of the people dwelt in Jerusalem, - and, the rest of the people, cast lots, to bring in one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts in other cities.

Nehemiah 11:18

All the Levites in the holy city, were two hundred and eighty-four.

Psalm 48:1

Great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Psalm 87:3

Glorious things, are to be spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

Isaiah 47:4

Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts, is his name! The Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 51:13

That thou hast forgotten Yahweh thy maker, Who stretched out the heavens And founded the earth? That thou hast dreaded continually, all the day, by reason of the fury of the oppressor, in that he was ready to destroy? Where then is the fury of the oppressor?

Isaiah 64:10-11

Thy holy cities, have become a wilderness, - Zion, a wilderness, hath become, Jerusalem, a desolation!

Jeremiah 7:4-11

Do not, on your part trust in false words, saying, - The temple of Yahweh The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh they are!

Jeremiah 10:16

Not like these, is the portion of Jacob, For the fashioner of all things, is, he, And, Israel, is his inherited sceptre, - Yahweh of hosts, is his name.

Daniel 9:24

Seventy weeks, have been divided concerning thy people and concerning thy holy city - to put an end to the transgression, and fill up the measure of sin, and put a propitiatory-covering over iniquity, and bring in the righteousness of ages, and affix a seal the vision and prophecy, and anoint the holy of holies.

Matthew 4:5

Then, the adversary taketh him with him, unto the holy city, - and he set him upon the pinnacle of the temple;

Matthew 27:53

and, coming forth out of the tombs after his arising, entered into, the holy city, and plainly appeared unto many.

John 8:40-41

But, now, ye are seeking, to kill me, - A man who, the truth, unto you, hath spoken, which I have heard from God: this, Abraham, did not.

Revelation 11:2

and, the court that is outside the Sanctuary, cast thou outside, and do not measure, it, because it hath been given unto the nations, and, the holy city, shall they tread under foot, forty and two months.

Revelation 21:2

And, the holy city, new Jerusalem, saw I coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 22:19

And, if anyone shall take away from the words of this prophetic scroll, God, will take away his part, - from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, - from the things written in this scroll.

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