Isaiah 48:2
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.
Isaiah 48:2 in other translations
| BSB | who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name. |
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| WEB | for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Armies is his name. |
| ASV | (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name): |
| YLT | For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts is His name. |
| DARBY | For they are named after the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel: Jehovah of hosts is his name. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. |
What does Isaiah 48:2 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 48:1-8
The Jews reproved for their idolatry. (Is. 48:1-8) Yet deliverance is promised them. (Is. 48:9-15) Solemn warnings of judgment upon those who persisted in evil. (Is. 48:16-22) Verses 1-8 The Jews valued themselves on descent from Jacob, and used the name of Jehovah as their God. They prided themselves respecting Jerusalem and the temple, yet there was no holiness in their lives. If we are not sincere in religion, we…
Isaiah 48:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 48:2
- Micah 3:11
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
- Isaiah 10:20
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the 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 art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
- Jeremiah 21:2
Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
- Matthew 27:53
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
- Psalms 87:3
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
- Psalms 48:1
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
- Isaiah 64:10-11
Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
- Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
- John 8:40-41
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
- Nehemiah 11:18
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
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Context
- Isaiah 48:1
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
- Isaiah 48:2
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.
- Isaiah 48:3
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Isaiah 48:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque de la santa ciudad se nombran, y en el Dios de Israel confían: su nombre, Jehová de los ejércitos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car ils se nomment d’après la ville sainte, et s’appuient sur le Dieu d’Israël: l’ Éternel des armées est son nom. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn nach der heiligen Stadt nennen sie sich, und sie stützen sich auf den Gott Israels, Jehova der Heerscharen ist sein Name: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | De civitate enim sancta vocati sunt, et super Deum Israël constabiliti sunt: Dominus exercituum nomen ejus. |