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Isaiah 48:2

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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ASV

(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):

KJV

For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
מֵעִ֤ירme.'Irfrom [the] city ofH5892 →
הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ha.Ko.desh<the> holinessH6944 →
נִקְרָ֔אוּnik.Ra.'uthey have called themselvesH7121 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
נִסְמָ֑כוּnis.Ma.khuthey have supported themselvesH5564 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[is] YahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
שְׁמֽוֹ׃ סshe.Moname hisH8034 →

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Isaiah 26:3You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;Isaiah 10:20On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.Matthew 27:53After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.Jeremiah 21:2“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”Jeremiah 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.Nehemiah 11:1Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.Isaiah 64:10–11Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.Judges 17:13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”Psalms 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.Revelation 11:2But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.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 the holy city, which are described in this book.Nehemiah 11:18The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.Psalms 87:3Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. SelahIsaiah 47:4Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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