“for they call themselves citizens of the holy city, and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Armies is his name.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 48 contains 22 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.