Isaiah 48:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Mic 3:11 : 11 Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
  • Isa 10:20 : 20 And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.
  • Rom 2:17 : 17 But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,
  • Jer 21:2 : 2 Will you get directions from the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, is making war against us; it may be that the Lord will do something for us like all the wonders he has done, and make him go away from us.
  • Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.
  • Isa 47:4 : 4 Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 51:13 : 13 And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?
  • Matt 4:5 : 5 Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,
  • Matt 27:53 : 53 And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.
  • John 8:40-41 : 40 But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that. 41 You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.
  • Isa 64:10-11 : 10 Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction. 11 In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?
  • Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these. 5 For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour; 6 If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves: 7 Then I will let you go on living in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers in the past and for ever. 8 See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit. 9 Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you; 10 And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things? 11 Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
  • Judg 17:13 : 13 Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.
  • 1 Sam 4:3-5 : 3 And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from the hands of those who are against us. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh and got the ark of the agreement of the Lord of armies whose resting-place is between the winged ones; and Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were there with the ark of God's agreement. 5 And when the ark of the Lord's agreement came into the tent-circle, all Israel gave a great cry, so that the earth was sounding with it.
  • Neh 11:1 : 1 And the rulers of the people were living in Jerusalem: the rest of the people made selection, by the decision of chance, of one out of every ten to be living in Jerusalem, the holy town; the other nine to go to the other towns.
  • Neh 11:18 : 18 All the Levites in the holy town were two hundred and eighty-four.
  • Ps 48:1 : 1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.
  • Ps 87:3 : 3 Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)
  • Rev 11:2 : 2 But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.
  • Rev 21:2 : 2 And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.
  • Rev 22:19 : 19 And if any man takes away from the words of this book, God will take away from him his part in the tree of life and the holy town, even the things which are in this book.

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  • Isa 48:1
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    1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

  • Isa 44:5
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    5 One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.

  • Isa 47:4
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    4 Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

  • Jer 51:5
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    5 For Israel has not been given up, or Judah, by his God, by the Lord of armies; for their land is full of sin against the Holy One of Israel.

  • Jer 51:19
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    19 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Zech 8:1-3
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    1 And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

    2 These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.

    3 This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.

  • Jer 10:16
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    16 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Isa 62:12
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    12 And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.

  • Zeph 2:10
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    10 This will be their fate because of their pride, because they have said evil, lifting themselves up against the people of the Lord of armies.

  • Zech 12:5
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    5 And the families of Judah will say in their hearts, The people of Jerusalem have their strength in the Lord of armies, their God.

  • Jer 2:4
    71%

    4 Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:

  • Ps 48:1-3
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    1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.

    2 Beautiful in its high position, the joy of all the earth, is the mountain of Zion, the mountain of God, the town of the great King.

    3 In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower.

  • Amos 6:8
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    8 The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.

  • Jer 5:11
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    11 For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have been very false to me, says the Lord.

  • Jer 13:11
    70%

    11 For as a band goes tightly round a man's body, so I made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah tightly united to me; so that they might be a people for me and a name and a praise and a glory: but they would not give ear.

  • Jer 30:4
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    4 And these are the words which the Lord said about Israel and about Judah.

  • Jer 46:18
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    18 By my life, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies, truly, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so will he come.

  • Zech 8:22
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    22 And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord.

  • Zech 10:12
    70%

    12 And their strength will be in the Lord; and their pride will be in his name, says the Lord.

  • Jer 31:23
    70%

    23 So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Again will these words be used in the land of Judah and in its towns, when I have let their fate be changed: May the blessing of the Lord be on you, O resting-place of righteousness, O holy mountain.

  • Ps 76:1
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  • Isa 45:4
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    4 Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.

  • Isa 10:20
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    20 And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

  • Hos 8:2
    70%

    2 They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.

  • Ps 46:7
    70%

    7 The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)

  • Hos 12:5
    70%

    5 He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;

  • Jer 48:14
    70%

    14 How say you, We are men of war and strong fighters?

  • Ezek 48:35
    70%

    35 It is to be eighteen thousand all round: and the name of the town from that day will be, The Lord is there.

  • Jer 33:2
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    2 These are the words of the Lord, who is doing it, the Lord who is forming it, to make it certain; the Lord is his name;

  • Jer 33:16
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    16 In those days, Judah will have salvation and Jerusalem will be safe: and this is the name which will be given to her: The Lord is our righteousness.

  • Jer 42:9
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    9 And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him:

  • Amos 5:27
    69%

    27 And I will send you away as prisoners farther than Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.

  • Isa 52:5-6
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    69%

    5 Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.

    6 For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I.

  • Isa 62:6
    69%

    6 I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,

  • Isa 12:6
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    6 Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.

  • Isa 62:2
    69%

    2 And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you will have a new name, given by the mouth of the Lord.

  • Jer 33:9
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    9 And this town will be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, who, hearing of all the good which I am doing for them, will be shaking with fear because of all the good and the peace which I am doing for it.

  • Jer 3:17
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    17 At that time Jerusalem will be named the seat of the Lord's kingdom; and all the nations will come together to it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: and no longer will their steps be guided by the purposes of their evil hearts.

  • Zech 2:12
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    12 For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.

  • Mal 1:5
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    5 And your eyes will see it; and you will say, The Lord is great even outside the limits of Israel.

  • Isa 8:13
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    13 But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him.

  • Zech 8:8
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    8 And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be to them a God, in good faith and in righteousness.

  • Isa 5:16
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    16 But the Lord of armies is lifted up as judge, and the Holy God is seen to be holy in righteousness.

  • Mic 4:5
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    5 For all the peoples will be walking, every one in the name of his god, and we will be walking in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

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    32 For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.