Isaiah 48:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

For they call themselves citizens of the holy city and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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

Transliteration

For from ʿîr haqqōdesh niqrāʾû and upon ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl nismākû YHWH ṣebāʾôt shemô

Grammar Details

• *ʿîr*: construct state - city of
• *haqqōdesh*: definite article + masculine singular - the holiness/holy
• *niqrāʾû*: niphal perfect 3rd person plural - they are called/named
• *ʾĕlōhê*: construct state - God of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *nismākû*: niphal perfect 3rd person plural - they lean/rely
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *ṣebāʾôt*: feminine plural construct - of hosts/armies
• *shemô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name

Word Meanings

• *ʿîr*: city/town
• *haqqōdesh*: the holy/the holiness/the sanctuary
• *niqrāʾû*: are called/are named/are summoned
• *nismākû*: lean on/rely on/depend on/are supported by
• *ṣebāʾôt*: hosts/armies/multitudes

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For they are called from the holy city and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  (for they call{H7121} themselves of the holy{H6944} city,{H5892} and stay{H5564} themselves upon the God{H430} of Israel;{H3478} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is his name):{H8034}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For they call{H7121}{(H8738)} themselves of the holy{H6944} city{H5892}, and stay{H5564}{(H8738)} themselves upon the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; The LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is his name{H8034}.

• 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.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' 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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  (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 (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.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

Referenced Verses

• Mic 3:11 : 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
• Isa 10:20 : 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again rely on him who struck them; but shall rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• Rom 2:17 : 17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God,
• Jer 21:2 : 2 Please inquire of the LORD for us, for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, makes war against us, perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all His wondrous works, that he may depart from us.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
• Isa 47:4 : 4 As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 51:13 : 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and you fear continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Matt 4:5 : 5 Then the devil took him into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple,
• Matt 27:53 : 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
• John 8:40-41 : 40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God: Abraham did not do this. 41 You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
• Isa 64:10-11 : 10 Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
• Jer 7:4-9 : 4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; 6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm; 7 Then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. 8 Behold, you trust in deceptive words that cannot profit. 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Judg 17:13 : 13 Then said Micah, Now I know that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
• 1 Sam 4:3-5 : 3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout so that the earth rang again.
• Neh 11:1 : 1 And the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to live in other cities.
• Neh 11:18 : 18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
• Ps 48:1 : 1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.
• Ps 87:3 : 3 Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah.
• Rev 11:2 : 2 But leave out the court outside the temple, and do not measure it; for it is given to the Gentiles, and they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
• Rev 21:2 : 2 And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Rev 22:19 : 19 And if any man takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.