Isaiah 48:2

Isaiah 48:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.
• New International Version (NIV)you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city and claim to rely on the God of Israel— the Lord Almighty is his name:
• English Standard Version (ESV)For they call themselves after the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the Lord of hosts is his name.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is His name:

Context of Isaiah 48:2

1Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’ and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel – but not in an honest and just manner. Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord who commands armies. 3“I announced events beforehand, I issued the decrees and made the predictions; suddenly I acted and they came to pass. 4I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze.

Isaiah 48:2 word by word

כִּֽי־מֵעִ֤יר הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ נִקְרָ֔אוּ וְעַל־אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נִסְמָ֑כוּ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For they callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• themselves of the holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and stayסָמַךְsâmak · to supportH5564
• themselves upon the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034

Cross-references for Isaiah 48:2

• Isaiah 52:1Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.
• Isaiah 64:10Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.
• Nehemiah 11:1So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine remained in other cities.
• Psalms 48:1The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.
• Psalms 87:3People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. (Selah)
• Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
• Matthew 4:5Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,
• Matthew 27:52And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months.
• Revelation 21:2And I saw the holy city – the new Jerusalem – descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
• Revelation 22:19And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.
• Isaiah 10:20At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
• Judges 17:13Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”
• 1 Samuel 4:3When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why did the Lord let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.
• Jeremiah 7:4Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, “We are safe! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!”
• Jeremiah 21:2“Please ask the Lord to come and help us, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles as in times past and make him stop attacking us and leave.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 48:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For they call themselves of the holy city - Of Jerusalem (see Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1; Matthew 4:5; Matthew 27:53; 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Israel was religious but not truly committed to the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. For--Ye deserve these reproofs; "for" ye call yourselves citizens of "the holy city" (Is 52:1), but not in truth (Is 48:1; Ne 11:1; Da 9:24); so the inscription on their coins of the time of the Maccabees. "Jerusalem the Holy."Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 48:2

• Hypocrisy

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Commentaries on Isaiah 48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings