Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and came out from the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Yahweh, and {invoke} the God of Israel, [but] not in truth and not in righteousness. 2 For they call themselves {after the holy city}, and they lean on the God of Israel-- Yahweh of hosts [is] his name. 3 "I declared the former things from {of old}, and they went out from my mouth. And I {announced} them suddenly; I acted, and they came [to pass],
Cross References
Micah 3:11
Its rulers judge for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money. But they lean on Yahweh, saying, "[Is] not Yahweh in our midst? Disaster will not come upon us."
Isaiah 10:20
And this shall happen: on that day, the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will not continue to lean on [the] one who struck it but will lean on Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, in truth.
Isaiah 52:1
Awake! Awake; put on your strength, Zion! Put on the garments of your beauty, Jerusalem, {holy city}! For [the] uncircumcised and [the] unclean shall not {continue to} enter you any longer.
Romans 2:17
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God
Jeremiah 21:2
"Please inquire [of] Yahweh on behalf of us, for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon [is] fighting against us. Perhaps Yahweh will do with us according to all his miraculous acts, so that he may go up from against us."
Judges 17:13
And Micah said, "Now I know Yahweh will make me prosperous, because the Levite has become my priest."
1 Samuel 4:3-5
When the army came [back] to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why has Yahweh defeated us today before [the] Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to us from Shiloh so that it may come into our midst and deliver us from the hand of our enemies."
Nehemiah 11:1
Now the commanders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the remainder of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, the [other] nine's place [was in] the [other] cities.
Nehemiah 11:18
All of the Levites in the holy city [were] two hundred and eighty-four.
Psalm 48:1
Yahweh [is] great and very worthy of praise in the city of our God, in his {holy mountain}.
Psalm 87:3
Glorious things [are] spoken about you, O city of God. Selah
Isaiah 47:4
Our redeemer, Yahweh of hosts [is] his name, the holy one of Israel.
Isaiah 51:13
And you have forgotten Yahweh, your maker, who stretched out [the] heavens, and founded [the] earth. And you tremble continually, all day, because of the wrath of the oppressor when he {takes aim} to destroy. But where [is] the wrath of the oppressor?
Isaiah 64:10-11
{Your holy cities} have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Jeremiah 7:4-11
Do not trust in {the deceitful words}, {saying}, 'The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, they [are] the temple of Yahweh.'
Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob [is] not like these, for he [is] the creator of everything, and Israel [is] the tribe of his inheritance, Yahweh of hosts [is] his name.
Daniel 9:24
"Seventy weeks is decreed for your people and {for your holy city}, to put an end to the transgression and to seal [up] sin and to make atonement for guilt and to bring [in] everlasting righteousness and to seal vision and prophet and to anoint {the most holy place}.
Matthew 4:5
Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the highest point of the temple
Matthew 27:53
and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
John 8:40-41
But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.
Revelation 11:2
And leave out the courtyard outside of the temple, and do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample the holy city [for] forty two months.
Revelation 21:2
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share of the tree of life and from the holy city that are written in this book.