Isaiah 48:2

Green's Literal Translation

For they are called of the holy city, and rest themselves on the God of Israel; Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For they are named after the Holy City,and lean on the God of Israel;his name is the Lord of Armies.

Hebrew Names Version
(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Yisra'el; 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.

English Standard Version
For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the Lord of hosts is his name.

New American Standard Bible
"For they name themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of armies is His name.

New Century Version
You call yourselves people of the holy city, and you depend on the God of Israel, who is named the Lord All-Powerful.

Amplified Bible
"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.

World English Bible
(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Hosts is his name):

Geneva Bible (1587)
For they are called of the holy citie, & staie themselues vpon the God of Israel, whose Name is the Lord of hostes.

Legacy Standard Bible
For they call themselves after the holy cityAnd are supported by the God of Israel;Yahweh of hosts is His name.

Berean Standard Bible
who indeed call yourselves after the Holy City and lean on the God of Israel-the LORD of Hosts is His name.

Contemporary English Version
You call Jerusalem your home and say you depend on me, the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel.

Complete Jewish Bible
that they call themselves people of the holy city or rely on the God of Isra'el — Adonai -Tzva'ot 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.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Yes, you call yourselves citizens of the holy city, those who depend on the God of Israel. The Lord All-Powerful is his name.

George Lamsa Translation
For they are called out of the holy city and they rely upon the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.

Good News Translation
And yet you are proud to say that you are citizens of the holy city and that you depend on Israel's God, whose name is the Lord Almighty.

Lexham English Bible
For they call themselves after the holy city, and they lean on the God of Israel— Yahweh of hosts is his name.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which are called fre men of the holy citie, as they that loke for conforth in the God of Israel, whose name is the LORDE of hoostes.

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):

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.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel, the LORD of hosts is His name.

King James Version (1611)
For they call themselues of the holy city, and stay themselues vpon the God of Israel, the Lord of hostes is his Name.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For they are named of the holy citie, and are grounded vpon the God of Israel, whose name is the Lorde of hoastes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;

English Revised Version
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thei ben clepid of the hooli citee, and ben stablischid on the God of Israel, the Lord of oostis is his name.

Update Bible Version
(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; Yahweh of hosts is his name):

Webster's Bible Translation
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.

New English Translation
Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord who commands armies.

New King James Version
For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name:

New Living Translation
even though you call yourself the holy city and talk about depending on the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord of Heaven's Armies.

New Life Bible
For they call themselves people of the holy city, and trust in the God of Israel. The Lord of All is His name.

New Revised Standard
For they call themselves after the holy city, and lean on the God of Israel; the Lord of hosts is his name.

J.B. Rotherham 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For they are called of the holy city, and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name.

Revised Standard Version
For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.

Young's 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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For they call themselves after the holy city And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name.

Contextual Overview

¹ Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out from the waters of Judah, who swear by Jehovah's name and profess by the God of Israel, not in truth or in righteousness. ² For they are called of the holy city, and rest themselves on the God of Israel; Jehovah of Hosts is His name. ³ I have declared the former things from then; and they went out of My mouth; and I made them hear; suddenly I acted, and they came about. ⁴ Because I knew that you are hard, and your neck is a sinew of iron, and your brow bronze. ⁵ And I declared to you from then; before it came I made you hear, lest you should say, My idol did them; and my image and my casted image commanded them. ⁶ You heard; see it all; and will you not declare? I made you hear new things from now, even hidden things, and you did not know them. ⁷ They are created now, and not from then; even before today, but you did not hear them; lest you should say, See, I knew them. ⁸ Yea, you did not hear; yea, you did not know; yea, from then your ear was not opened; for I know that betraying you will betray and revolt from the womb; it was called to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they call: Isaiah 52:1, Isaiah 64:10, Isaiah 64:11, Nehemiah 11:1, Nehemiah 11:18, Psalms 48:1, Psalms 87:3, Daniel 9:24, Matthew 4:5, Matthew 27:53, Revelation 11:2, Revelation 21:2, Revelation 22:19

and stay: Isaiah 10:20, Judges 17:13, 1 Samuel 4:3-5, Jeremiah 7:4-11, Jeremiah 21:2, Micah 3:11, John 8:40, John 8:41, Romans 2:17

The Lord: Isaiah 47:4, Isaiah 51:13, Jeremiah 10:16

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:36 - Then said the priest Psalms 50:16 - What Isaiah 1:21 - the faithful Isaiah 26:3 - stayed Isaiah 29:13 - Forasmuch Isaiah 51:15 - The Lord Isaiah 54:5 - the Lord Isaiah 58:2 - they seek Jeremiah 4:2 - shalt swear Jeremiah 7:10 - come Jeremiah 31:35 - The Lord Jeremiah 44:26 - The Lord God Jeremiah 46:18 - saith Ezekiel 40:2 - on the south Hosea 8:2 - General Amos 4:13 - The Lord Amos 5:14 - as Micah 2:7 - named Zephaniah 3:11 - that rejoice Matthew 7:21 - shall Matthew 25:3 - foolish Luke 3:8 - We John 4:23 - true John 8:54 - ye say Romans 2:28 - For he 2 Timothy 3:5 - a form

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 3:28
And command Joshua and make him strong, and make him brave, for he shall cross over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.

1 Samuel 23:16
And Jonathan the son of Saul rose up and went out to David, to the forest. And he made his hand strong in God,

Nehemiah 2:18
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, and also the king's words that he had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they made their hands strong for good.

Psalms 41:3
Jehovah will uphold him on the couch of sickness; You change all his bed in his sickness.

Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Ephesians 6:10
For the rest, my brothers, be made powerful in the Lord and in the might of His strength.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For they call themselves of the holy city,.... The city Jerusalem, so called because the temple, the place of divine worship, was in it, the residence of the Holy One of Israel: they valued themselves, not only upon their being of the family of Jacob, and of the tribe of Judah, but that they were inhabitants of Jerusalem, the holy city; as many now call themselves fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, when they are strangers both to God and his people in the experimental knowledge of things:

and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; professed to trust in the Lord, and lean upon him, and rely upon his power and providence, his mercy and goodness, and expect all needful things from him, renouncing all confidence in the creature; and yet at the same time acted an hypocritical part, their faith was feigned: see Micah 3:11.

The Lord of hosts is his name; whom they professed to be their God and Father, their Lord and Husband, their Saviour and Redeemer; who has all power in heaven and in earth, and does according to his will in both worlds, having the hosts of angels and armies of men at his command, and therefore so called.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For they call themselves of the holy city - Of Jerusalem (see Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1; Matthew 4:5; Matthew 27:53; Revelation 21:2-27). The word rendered ‘for’ here, (כי kı̂y) means, as it often does, “although”; and the sense is, although they call themselves of the holy city, they do not worship God in sincerity and truth. Jerusalem was called ‘the holy city,’ because the temple, the ark, and the symbol of the divine presence were there, and it was the place where God was worshipped. It was deemed sacred by the Jews, and they regarded it as sufficient proof of goodness, it would seem, that they had dwelt there. Even in Babylon they would pride themselves on this, and suppose, perhaps, that it entitled them to divine protection and favor.

And stay themselves upon the God of Israel - In time of danger and trial they profess to seek him, and to commit their cause to him.

The Lord of hosts is his name - (See the notes at Isaiah 1:9). The object of the prophet in here mentioning his holy name is, probably, to show them the guilt of their conduct. He was Yahweh, the source of all existence. He was the God of all the hosts of heaven, and all the armies on earth. How wicked, therefore, it was to come before him in a false and hypocritical manner, and while they were professedly worshipping him, to be really offering their hearts to idols, and to be characteristically inclined to relapse into idolatry!