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the LORD of hosts is his name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/48.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/48.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts <i>is</i> his name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/48.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts <i>is</i> His name:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/48.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For they name themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of armies is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/48.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For they call themselves after the holy city And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/48.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/48.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For they call themselves after the holy city And are supported by the God of Israel; Yahweh of hosts is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/48.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/48.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they are named after the holy city, and lean on the God of Israel; his name is the LORD of Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/48.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they are named after the Holy City, and lean on the God of Israel; His name is Yahweh of Hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/48.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/48.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You call Jerusalem your home and say you depend on me, the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/48.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/48.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You call yourselves [citizens] of the holy city. You depend on the God of Israel. His name is the LORD of Armies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/48.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/48.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For they name themselves after the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel— the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/48.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/48.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD who commands armies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/48.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />(for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name):<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/48.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/48.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/48.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For they have been called from the Holy City, "" And been supported on the God of Israel, "" YHWH of Hosts [is] His Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/48.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/48.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For they were called of the holy city, and rested themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of armies his name.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/48.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For they are called of the holy city, and are established upon the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/48.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For they have been called from the holy city, and they have been founded upon the God of Israel. The Lord of hosts is his name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/48.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Though you are named after the holy city and rely on the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of hosts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/48.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For they call themselves after the holy city, and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/48.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they are called out of the holy city and they rely upon the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/48.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because they were called from the city of holiness, and they leaned on The God of Israel. LORD JEHOVAH Almighty is his name<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/48.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For they call themselves of the holy city, And stay themselves upon the God of Israel, The LORD of hosts is His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/48.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/48-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=10664" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/48.htm">Israel's Stubbornness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness— <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">who indeed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: niq·rā·’ū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">call yourselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: haq·qō·ḏeš (Art:: N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">after the holy</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: mê·‘îr (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city</a> <a href="/hebrew/5564.htm" title="5564: nis·mā·ḵū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To lean, lay, rest, support. A primitive root; to prop; reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of.">and lean</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">is His name.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-4.htm">Jeremiah 7:4</a></span><br />Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a></span><br />Her 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a></span><br />And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-17.htm">Romans 2:17-24</a></span><br />Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; / if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; / if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-2.htm">Jeremiah 5:2</a></span><br />Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm">Ezekiel 33:31</a></span><br />So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39-41</a></span><br />“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham. / But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing. / You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-14.htm">Jeremiah 14:14</a></span><br />“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-23</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-6.htm">Romans 9:6</a></span><br />It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-2.htm">Hosea 8:2-3</a></span><br />Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!” / But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-5.htm">2 Timothy 3:5</a></span><br />having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Jeremiah 12:2</a></span><br />You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.</p><p class="hdg">they call</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Isaiah 64:10,11</a></b></br> Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/11-1.htm">Nehemiah 11:1,18</a></b></br> And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts <i>to dwell</i> in <i>other</i> cities… </p><p class="hdg">and stay</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass in that day, <i>that</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/17-13.htm">Judges 17:13</a></b></br> Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to <i>my</i> priest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/4-3.htm">1 Samuel 4:3-5</a></b></br> And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies… </p><p class="hdg">the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/47-4.htm">Isaiah 47:4</a></b></br> <i>As for</i> our redeemer, the LORD of hosts <i>is</i> his name, the Holy One of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-13.htm">Isaiah 51:13</a></b></br> And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where <i>is</i> the fury of the oppressor?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Jeremiah 10:16</a></b></br> The portion of Jacob <i>is</i> not like them: for he <i>is</i> the former of all <i>things</i>; and Israel <i>is</i> the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts <i>is</i> his name.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/47-4.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-4.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-12.htm">Citizens</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-13.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-10.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-4.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-4.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Lean</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-10.htm">Rely</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-3.htm">Supported</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-14.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-8.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/51-15.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-15.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Citizens</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-17.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-15.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-20.htm">Lean</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">Rely</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-4.htm">Supported</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-7.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-14.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 48</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm">God, to convince the people of their foreknown obstinance, revealed his prophecies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">He saves them for his own sake</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/48-12.htm">He exhorts them to obedience, because of his power and providence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/48-16.htm">He laments their backwardness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/48-20.htm">He powerfully delivers his people out of Babylon</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/48.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/48.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>who indeed call yourselves after the holy city</b><br>This phrase refers to the people of Israel who identify themselves with Jerusalem, the city set apart for God's purposes. Jerusalem is often called the "holy city" because it is the center of Jewish worship and the location of the Temple. This identification implies a sense of pride and belonging to a place chosen by God. However, the context of Isaiah suggests a critique of superficial religiosity, where the people claim association with holiness without true devotion. This echoes Jesus' rebuke of the Pharisees in <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a>, where outward appearances do not match inward realities.<p><b>and lean on the God of Israel;</b><br>To "lean on" signifies reliance or trust. The Israelites profess to depend on the God of Israel, who delivered them from Egypt and established them in the Promised Land. This trust is foundational to their identity as God's chosen people. However, Isaiah often challenges the sincerity of this reliance, as the people frequently turn to idols and foreign alliances instead of trusting God fully. This theme of misplaced trust is also seen in <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a>, where God accuses Israel of forsaking Him, the "spring of living water," for broken cisterns.<p><b>the LORD of Hosts is His name.</b><br>The title "LORD of Hosts" emphasizes God's sovereignty and power over all heavenly and earthly armies. It underscores His authority and ability to accomplish His purposes. This name reassures the faithful of God's ultimate control and protection. In the context of Isaiah, it serves as a reminder of God's might in contrast to the impotence of idols. The title is also a foreshadowing of Christ's ultimate victory, as seen in <a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Revelation 19:11-16</a>, where Jesus is depicted as the conquering King leading the armies of heaven.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_holy_city.htm">The Holy City (Jerusalem)</a></b><br>Refers to Jerusalem, the central place of worship and the symbolic heart of the Jewish faith. It is often called "holy" because it is the location of the Temple and the dwelling place of God's presence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_god_of_israel.htm">The God of Israel</a></b><br>The one true God worshiped by the Israelites, who revealed Himself to them and made a covenant with them. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>A title for God that emphasizes His sovereignty and command over the armies of heaven and earth. It underscores His power and authority.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/true_identity_in_god.htm">True Identity in God</a></b><br>Our identity should be rooted in a genuine relationship with God, not merely in external affiliations or labels.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reliance_on_god.htm">Reliance on God</a></b><br>Leaning on God means trusting in His character and promises, not just claiming association with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize the LORD of Hosts as the ultimate authority in our lives, deserving of our trust and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/warning_against_false_security.htm">Warning Against False Security</a></b><br>Beware of placing confidence in religious symbols or heritage instead of a living faith in God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_authenticity.htm">Holiness and Authenticity</a></b><br>Strive for a life that reflects the holiness of God, aligning our actions with our professed beliefs.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_48.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 48</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_fake_news.htm">What is God's Holy Mountain?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_new_jerusalem.htm">What is New Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_the_temple_'raised'_in_isaiah_2_2.htm">In Isaiah 2:2, how can the temple be literally 'raised above all hills' when no physical elevation change is recorded in history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_isaiah_37_and_2_kings_19_differ.htm">Why do Isaiah 37:33-35 and parallel biblical accounts (e.g., 2 Kings 19) differ in describing Sennacherib's retreat and the exact nature of the Assyrian defeat?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/48.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">They call themselves of the holy city . . .</span>--The words of praise are spoken, as the preceding words show, with a touch of irony. Those who so boasted were not true citizens of Zion (<a href="/psalms/15-1.htm" title="Lord, who shall abide in your tabernacle? who shall dwell in your holy hill?">Psalm 15:1</a>; <a href="/matthew/3-9.htm" title="And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.">Matthew 3:9</a>). They did not enter into all that was implied in their confession of Jehovah Sabaoth.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/48.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For they call themselves of the holy city</span>. It is an indication of their real want of truth and righteousness, that they lay such stress upon what is so entirely outward and formal, as the fact of their belonging to" the holy city," Jerusalem. Compare the boast of the Jews in our Lord's time, "We be Abraham's seed" (<a href="/john/8-33.htm">John 8:33</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Stay themselves upon the God of Israel.</span> Not resting upon him in real faith and true humble dependence, as those Israelites who are mentioned in <a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20</a>. but trusting to the facts that they were "Israel," and that God was "the God of Israel," and therefore bound to protect them. God reminds them that, if he is "the God of Israel," he is also "the Lord of hosts" - a term, as Dr. Kay notes, especially connected with the holiness of God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/48-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">who indeed</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">call yourselves</span><br /><span class="heb">נִקְרָ֔אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(niq·rā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after the Holy</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">City</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעִ֤יר</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and lean</span><br /><span class="heb">נִסְמָ֑כוּ</span> <span class="translit">(nis·mā·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5564.htm">Strong's 5564: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prop, to lean upon, take hold of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel—</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָא֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is] His name.</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/48-2.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 48:2 For they call themselves of the holy (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 48:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 48:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/48-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 48:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 48:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>