Isaiah 48:2
who indeed call yourselves after the holy city
What it says
They identify with the holy city and rely on the God of Israel, the LORD of Hosts.
What it is doing
This verse shows the outward religious claims that frame the rebuke.
In context
1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, 2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city 3I foretold the former things long ago; 4For I knew that you are stubborn; 5Therefore I declared it to you long ago; 6You have heard these things; look at them all. 7They are created now, and not long ago; 8You have never heard; you have never understood; 9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; 10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; 11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act;