Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 48:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Refines Stubborn Israel
1 Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah 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 rest themselves on the God of Israel; Jehovah of Hosts is His name. 3 I have foretold the former things from the beginning; and they went out of My mouth; and I made them hear; I acted suddenly; and they came about.
Cross References
Micah 3:11
Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us!
Isaiah 10:20
And it shall be in that day, the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob, shall never again lean on him who struck them; but truly lean on Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 52:1
Awake! Awake! Put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy city. For never again shall come to you uncircumcised and unclean ones.
Romans 2:17
Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the Law, and boast in God;
Jeremiah 21:2
Please inquire of Jehovah for us. For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is warring against us. Perhaps Jehovah will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, that he may go up from us.
Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, since I have a Levite as my priest.
1 Samuel 4:3-5
And when the people had come to the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has Jehovah beaten us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh to us, so that when it comes among us it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
Nehemiah 11:1
And the rulers of the people lived at Jerusalem. And the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of every ten to live 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
A Song and Psalm for the Sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness.
Psalm 87:3
Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah.
Isaiah 47:4
Our Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 51:13
And you forget Jehovah your Maker, who has stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. And you dread continually, every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?
Isaiah 64:10-11
Your holy cities are a wilderness; Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem is a ruin.
Jeremiah 7:4-11
Do not trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah are these.
Jeremiah 10:16
The Portion of Jacob is not like them; for He is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of His inheritance. Jehovah of Hosts is His name.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are decreed as to your people and as to your holy city, to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins, and to make atonement for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Matthew 4:5
Then the Devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him upon a pinnacle of the Temple.
Matthew 27:53
and coming out of the tomb after His resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
John 8:40-41
But now you seek to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth which I have heard beside God; this Abraham did not do.
Revelation 11:2
But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it was given to the nations. And they will trample the holy city forty-two months.
Revelation 21:2
And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her Husband.
Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the Words of the Book of this prophecy, God will take away his part out of the Book of Life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which have been written in this Book.