King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 48:2
“For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 48
1
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness.
2
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.
3
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did [them] suddenly, and they came to pass.
4
Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
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