For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
For they call themselves of the holy city. Ye deserve these reproofs; because ye call yourselves citizens of "the holy city" (Isaiah 52:1), but not in truth (Isaiah 48:1; Nehemiah 11:1; Daniel 9:24). So the inscription on their coins of the time of the Maccabees, 'Jerusalem the Holy.'
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